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MKTJ

August 2nd, 2010, 09:42 AM

New power plant in Iraq costs up to $2 billion
French firm to build a power plant in Iraq

BAGHDAD (AFP)

French energy infrastructure firm Alstom on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with Iraq to build a power plant in southern Iraq, which is suffering a severe electricity shortfall.

It is also set to renovate an existing power plant in the holy Shiite city of Najaf that it built 35 years ago, the French ambassador and the company said.

"Patrick Kron, chief executive officer of Alstom, today (Wednesday) signed a memorandum of understanding with the minister of oil and electricity Hussein al-Shahristani ... for the development and modernisation of Iraq’s electricity infrastructure," Alstom said.

The company has agreed to build a 1,200-megawatt power station between Najaf and the southern port city of Basra, and to rehabilitate a 180-megawatt plant in Najaf that it built in 1975.

The agreement also provides for training of Iraqi engineers and technicians.

A source with knowledge of the agreement said the construction of the new plant is likely to cost between 1.5 and two billion dollars (1.15 billion and 1.54 billion euros).

"We hope to build up the electricity sector in Iraq which has been badly damaged in recent years and meet the country's growing electricity needs," Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who attended the signing, said in a statement.

The statement said the company would begin talks with national and local officials in the coming weeks "for the practical implementation of these projects."

Iraq's daily power generation averages 8,000 megawatts, while demand in temperatures that have hit 54 degrees Celsius (130 degrees Fahrenheit) is typically more than 14,000 megawatts, forcing the use of unpopular rationing.

Only those with access to their own generators and fuel have been able to refrigerate foodstuffs or air-condition their homes around the clock.

Oppressive summer heat has triggered protests in several cities across the country, including in Basra.

Maliki has warned that two more years of shortages lie ahead as there is no quick fix to the problem, which worsened dramatically in the wake of the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.

http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/07/28/115103.html

MKTJ

August 2nd, 2010, 11:27 AM

A new power plant is U/C in Al-Hurria

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By Eng. Ahmed Abood (http://www.panoramio.com/user/344441?comment_page=1&photo_page=1)

hakz2007

September 1st, 2010, 08:25 AM

OIL RICH IRAQ WILLING TO IMPORT GAS FROM IRAN
BAGHDAD, Aug 29 (NNN-FNA) -- Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani welcomed transit of Iranian gas to the Mediterranean Sea through a pipeline crossing his country, and meantime, said that Iraq wants to import part of the gas supplies to feed its power plants.

Shahristani confirmed that Iraq and Iran have agreed "in principle" to build a pipeline to transport gas from Iran through Iraq to the Syrian coasts on the Mediterranean Sea.

Tehran last week called on its partners in Baghdad and Damascus to come to Iran to discuss gas exports to the Mediterranean.

The Iraqi oil minister told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty earlier that his country welcomes the agreement because the transit fees to be levied on the pipeline would provide Baghdad with a good source of revenue.

The pipeline could carry around 3.8 billion cubic feet of gas per day through Iraq. Iranian officials said as much as 3.8 million cubic feet of gas per day could be used by Iraq to power electrical plants with gas, something Shahristani said was a key component of the deal.

Iraq's Oil Ministry discussed the project two weeks ago with a Tehran delegation headed by Iranian Deputy Oil Minister Javad Oji.

The agreement came despite the West's growing pressures and sanctions against Iran's energy sectors.

After the UN Security Council ratified a sanctions resolution against Iran on June 9, the United States and the European Union started approving their own unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program, mostly targeting the country's energy and banking sectors.

Tehran has always dismissed West's pressures, and stressed that sanctions and embargos merely consolidate Iranians' national resolve to continue the path of progress.http://namnewsnetwork.org/v2/read.php?id=131615

BigDreamer

September 2nd, 2010, 03:02 PM

I don't get why Iraq is importing gas.. we're burning tones of it for no good reason !

wallah it's such a shame :(

sheytanElKebir

September 27th, 2010, 09:18 PM

http://www.utilities-me.com/article-802-russo-swiss-firm-signs-mou-for-iraqi-power-plants/

Wintercroft Capital, a Russia-Swiss company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the local administration al-Amara, the capital of the Iraqi Missan province, to supply two power plants with the combined capacity of 1150MW, reports the Aswat Al-Iraq news agency, citing a local official.

"The Missan local government agreed today with Russia's Wintercroft Capital to build two a steam-operated power station with a capacity of 650 megawatt and another gas-operated plant with a capacity of 500 megawatt," Amer Nasrallah, the Missan provincial council's energy committee chairman, told Aswat al-Iraq on Saturday.

"The two power plants, to be carried out by means of deferred payment at a period of 8-10 years, would solve many of the electricity-related problems in the province and with even a surplus of more than 650 megawatt," added Nasrallah.

Representatives of Wintercroft Capital signed the MoU on Wednesday, reports Al-Irag.

hahahaha. I will cross link this to the "scam threads" I could find nothing called "wintercroft" on the internet or swiss companies register... so the amara' local government signed a contract with these guys (whoever they may be), and there's a big hullabaloo about it plastered all over the news.

Absolutely shocking. Some Iraqi government MONKEYS should read this forum to see what complete and utter morons they really are.

sheytanElKebir

October 10th, 2010, 07:41 PM

Iraqia TV

Iraq has signed a contract with a turkish consortium to build 3 power stations in north, central and southern Iraq with an output of 2500MW.

Karbala 1250MW (Khairat area, south of hindiya)
Nainawa 750MW (qaiyara, south of mosul)
Baghdad 500MW (al quds, north of baghdad)

Anecdote:
When I was working in Karbala (khairat was where our water intake position / water treatment plant is located), the "power station" project for the 1200MW "thermal plant" had to be shelved because there was not enough water in the euphrates near Hindiya to provide water. Now at that point, we created the water intake position for the karbala oil refinery (1200m3/hour), and we had to redesign the refinery to use less water. Similarly there was a large water treatment plant being built to supply potable water for Hindiya and its villages... and now they've resurected this power station... I can only hope it will be a gas turbine!!!

sheytanElKebir

October 10th, 2010, 08:00 PM

found some more details.

Three Turkish companies win contracts worth $900 mln

* For power plants in Baghdad, Kerbala and Nineveh

* To boost Iraq's power capacity by 2,500 MW

By Aseel Kami

BAGHDAD, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Iraq's Electricity Ministry said on Sunday it has awarded more than $900 million in contracts to three Turkish companies to install 20 gas turbines that will boost Iraq's power generating capacity by 2,500 megawatts.

The turbines, which were purchased previously from General Electric (GE.N: Quote), provide 125 MW each. They were part of a deal Iraq signed in 2008 with GE for 56 gas turbines and with Siemens (SIEGn.DE: Quote) for 16 gas turbines.

"The signing of the contracts will take place this week," the ministry said in a statement.

Calik Enerji won a $445.5 million contract to build a plant and install 10 turbines in Kerbala province in southern Iraq, the ministry said.

Turkish construction firm Enka Insaat won a $267.5 million deal to build a power plant and install six turbines in Nineveh province in northern Iraq.

A Turkish company called Eastern Lights will install four turbines in an existing plant in Baghdad under a contract worth $204.8 million, the ministry said.

Seven years after the U.S.-led invasion Iraq's national grid still only supplies a few hours of power each day.

An official said the turbines should be installed within 15 to 24 months. (Reporting by Aseel Kami; Editing by Jim Loney, Greg Mahlich)

so, thankfully they are for GAS TURBINES. which means that someone still has a brain.
Secondly the above contracts are excluding the cost of the turbines themselves, which iraq had bought directly from GE and Siemens. This is once again a surprisingly smart decision both in monetary terms (cheaper to buy turbines in bulk, than supplied singly by each constructor) as well as long term maintenance (unified maintenance / spares and technician expertise).

Finally, at least in Al Quds (baghdad) and khairat (karbala) there's already gas lines / flared gas available. Similarly in Qayara there's a small field where flared gas can be used as fuel!

on a negative note, however, power stations will not solve Iraq's electricity crisis... metering will, but are the politicians brave enough to tell the people they have to pay $200-$400 a month for power if they use several air conditioners?

elusive

October 11th, 2010, 10:06 AM

found some more details.

so, thankfully they are for GAS TURBINES. which means that someone still has a brain.
Secondly the above contracts are excluding the cost of the turbines themselves, which iraq had bought directly from GE and Siemens. This is once again a surprisingly smart decision both in monetary terms (cheaper to buy turbines in bulk, than supplied singly by each constructor) as well as long term maintenance (unified maintenance / spares and technician expertise).

Finally, at least in Al Quds (baghdad) and khairat (karbala) there's already gas lines / flared gas available. Similarly in Qayara there's a small field where flared gas can be used as fuel!

on a negative note, however, power stations will not solve Iraq's electricity crisis... metering will, but are the politicians brave enough to tell the people they have to pay $200-$400 a month for power if they use several air conditioners?

what do you mean...don't people pay power bills atm?

sheytanElKebir

October 11th, 2010, 12:31 PM

what do you mean...don't people pay power bills atm?

they pay pennies compared to the real cost. Which is the reason why after 2003 people went out and bought MILLIONS of large air conditioners (the most inefficient variety with large compressors)... before 2003 the majority did not have air conditioners.

of course the power grid had no way of coping with that... so every time teh power was turned on for one district. Everyoen in that district switched on all their air conditioners at once. This creates a massive surge, meaning that instead of allocating "100MW" to the area, they had to allocate "300MW" so as not to be overloaded. The only way to give 300MW is by switching off more districts... and when you do that, you can only give electricity for 1/3rd of the time to each district.

Of course I remember even in 2005 they used to run advertisements informing the population not to switch on all their new airconditioners at once. but to no avail.

since they can buy an air con unit for $250, the "electricity" requirement for this runs to about $70-$100 per month, in Iraq they don't pay that "$70-$100" part, therefore they are under the impression that the cost of air conditioning is what you paid for the device.

The fact that most of them can't afford to run the airconditioner on the private (district) generator, should in theory give them a clue as to the true cost of airconditioning, but alas, no, they are under the impression that government power is magically created by fairies and should be free...

The electricity problem is the exact mirror of the petrol problems of 2003-2006. There was always queues, shortages, black market, smuggling of subsidised petrol to neighbouring countries... until they came and increased the price to "international" level. and voila, magically no more petrol problems AT ALL.

they could make sure that there was 100% uncut electricity supply TOMORROW, but they won't, because ironically, the people who rioted due to the lack of electricity hours, will riot if you give them 100% electricity supply.

elusive

October 11th, 2010, 12:45 PM

sheytanElKebir

October 11th, 2010, 12:52 PM

^^ that's really frustrating, you see citizens complaining all the time about lack of electricity, if people were willing to pay this wouldn't be happening like you said...but i must admit that the government must provide proper electrical infrastructure, people over there say the streets are a mess! powerlines everywhere, generators galore etc...

once again. all of the messy cabling, street generators etc... are all the fault of the populace and a vain, desperate attempt to avoid real metered electricity pricing.

Thing is you tell them "metered electricity" will give you 100% power, they will reply, great why won't the government do it then? those incompetents! Then you tell them, their bill will go up to $400/month if they continue using their air conditioners... and the tune changes, and they no longer want metered power, and say "our houses will get too hot" without that much air conditioning... which is true, but then, that takes us to the real problem... the design, insulation of all the houses, which are horrendously inefficient.

And thus, the root of the electricity problem in Iraq is lack of cavity wall insulation, reflectors and double glazed air tight windows, and not the electricity ministry, oil ministry or the generator man.

sheytanElKebir

November 24th, 2010, 10:15 PM

Iraq to offer power plant deals to boost electricity

November 24, 2010
Winners would operate turbines, sell power to govt.
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Iraq will soon ask for bids on projects to install and run 22 gas turbines that could boost its power generating capacity by 30 percent in the next few years, an Electricity Ministry official said on Tuesday.

The ministry plans to ask companies to build plants in four provinces, install and operate turbines it has already purchased from General Electric and sell the power back to the government.

Power-starved Iraq, trying to rebuild after years of war and economic sanctions, hopes to triple its electricity capacity to 27,000 megawatts from the current 9,000 MW in four years.

Laith al-Mamury, the head of investments and contracts at the Electricity Ministry, said the deal will allow the companies to buy the turbines on a delayed payment plan.

“I believe on November 30 it will be offered to the companies,” Mamury told Reuters in an interview.

“We have the units. The investor will come to finish the rest of the equipment and operate the plant for 20 to 25 years,” he said.

The 22 gas turbines, valued at 30 million euros ($40.25 million) each, would be installed in Diwaniya, Muthanna, Maysan and Basra provinces, Mamury said.

The turbines would produce 125 MW each, or 2,750 MW in total, more than 10 percent of Iraq’s ultimate goal of 27,000 MW. They were among 72 turbines Iraq purchased in 2008 from GE and Siemens in deals worth more than $5 billion.

So far six from Siemens and 20 from GE have arrived in Iraq.

Invitations to bid would be extended to 33 firms that attended an investment conference in Iraq in July, including U.S.-based Parsons Brinckerhoff, Egypt’s Orascom Construction and Turkey’s Calik Enerji, he said.

“These 33 companies are technically and financially qualified and they are interested in participating,” he said.

STABLE ELECTRICITY

More than seven years after the U.S.-led invasion, Iraq’s national grid still only supplies a few hours of power each day. Intermittent electricity is one of the public’s top complaints.

Iraq is hoping a multibillion-dollar contract with Royal Dutch Shell and Japan’s Mitsubishi to capture gas being flared in southern oilfields will help boost generating capacity. Iraq flares 1 billion cubic feet of gas every day at its oilfields.

Mamury said Iraq’s power shortage could be resolved if the government allocated $40 billion to the electricity ministry over the five years.

“Yes, this figure is true, $8 billion annually for five years in which we would install the gas and the steam stations and rehabilitate plants installed years ago … in this case the situation would be stable,” he said.

But Mamury said Iraq’s preliminary budget for 2011 allocated $4.508 billion to the electricity ministry.

The ministry had planned to sign a contract with Siemens to install its 16 turbines in five locations but the current budget allocation would not allow the signing to take place, he said.

(Editing by Jim Loney)

http://www.kippreport.com/2010/11/iraq- ... ectricity/

dude01

November 24th, 2010, 10:51 PM

GE Fuel Oil Treatment Selected for Iraqi Power Plant

Posted on 23 November 2010. Tags: Electricity, FuelSolv, GE
GE Fuel Oil Treatment Selected for Iraqi Power Plant

GE (NYSE: GE) has signed a contract with Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity to supply an advanced fuel oil treatment technology, FuelSolv, to help enhance the reliability and productivity of the Al-Quds power plant on the outskirts of Baghdad.

“The Al-Quds power station provides much-needed electricity for Iraq and GE’s innovative gas turbine technology and fuel oil performance solution can help keep the Al-Quds power plant running at peak performance and efficiency throughout the year,” said Joseph Anis, GE Energy’s president for the Middle East.

“This agreement is further testament to GE’s ongoing commitment to support Iraq in boosting its power generation capacity and infrastructure growth so as to supply reliable electricity for Iraq’s people.”

GE is supplying 2,000 tons of FuelSolv, a proprietary fuel oil treatment product that can be added to a variety of power plant fuels, including heavy oil, to protect and improve the performance of power generation equipment.

This contract is the largest fuel oil treatment contract GE has signed in the Middle East and marks GE’s second fuel treatment order in Iraq, following a contract signed last year for the supply of 500 tons of FuelSolv to the Baghdad South power plant. FuelSolv was developed by the water and process technologies business unit of GE Power & Water.

The fuel additive is designed to facilitate safe, continuous operation of the GE heavy-duty gas turbines at the Al-Quds plant. When running at full operation with its six GE Frame 9E heavy-duty gas turbines, the Al-Quds plant generates 800 megawatts for the Iraq electricity grid.

GE has a long history of supporting Iraqi infrastructure needs in power generation, oil and gas, water processing, aviation and healthcare and more than 120 GE power turbines are installed in the country today.

GE has been active in the Middle East since the 1930s and has management and project management offices as well as local repair and service facilities to serve customers throughout the region.

Iraq-businessnews.com

BigDreamer

November 29th, 2010, 12:00 PM

Iraq to Award Electricity Contracts by Early 2011

Iraq will award several contracts in early 2011 that aim to boost power-generation capacity by 2,750 megawatts within 18 months, the head of the country’s National Investment Commission said.

Negotiations with several companies are “in advanced stages” for the award of contracts for the additional capacity in the provinces of Basra, Samawa, Diwaniya and Maysan, Sami al- Araji said in an interview today in Amman, Jordan. “They will be awarded in the first quarter,” al-Araji said , declining to give more details.

Iraq, holder of the world’s third-largest oil reserves, has struggled to raise electricity production, which stood at about 8,000 megawatts in April, almost half of its domestic demand of about 14,000 megawatts, according to government figures. Iraqis currently receive power from the national grid for about one in every five hours.

Electricity Minister Karim Wahid quit in June amid violent street protests triggered by severe seasonal summer power shortages. Wahid said at the time that his efforts to overcome the problem had been thwarted by a lack of funding and fuel.

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called in June for patience and said it would take two years for power plants being built by General Electric Co. and Siemens AG to come online and help resolve power shortages.

The finance ministry said in June that it would issue bonds to pay for contracts signed in 2008 with GE and Siemens to add almost 9,000 megawatts of capacity.

sheytanElKebir

December 1st, 2010, 12:56 AM

Karbala’s local government has signed a contract with a Danish company to install five new electrical generators in the province.
The head of the Strategic Planning and Constructing committee, Abbas Nasser Hassani told AKnews that a delegation from Karbala local government signed the contract with Danish company Simko, which has offices in Turkish capital, Ankara.
Three of the units will have a capacity of 30 mw, with the other two being 20mw.
He said that the company will complete the project within 22 months of the signing of the contract.
Hassani added, “the output of these stations, added to the contract signed with the American company Caterpillar to build a power station with a capacity of 100 mw, which will cover half of the city’s electric power total needs (450 mw).”
“We called for the federal government to give the freedom for the Iraqi provincial councils to contract with international companies for the purpose enhancing the electricity production.”
Hassani said that the electricity production of these stations will be separated from the national grid, which needs many years to be repaired.
Regarding the decision by the Ministry of Electricity to increase prices, Hassani said that it is not fair to raise electricity prices, because the people are still suffering from the lack of the electricity.
Karbala’s residents get electricity for only one hour in every six.

sheytanElKebir

December 1st, 2010, 01:53 AM

Karbala Council has issued an appeal to its citizens not to pay the new domestic electricity tariffs introduced by the Ministry of Electricity this month, according to AKnews.
The head of Karbala’s energy and fuel commission, Zuhair Samil al-Da’mi, told the agency that the ministry’s ten-fold increase was “completely unfair” in the light of the poor levels of service and supply.
“Why should the prices rise so much when electricity supplies have not improved?” he asked.
Da’mi complained that electricity supplies in Karbala this summer, when temperatures soared above 50 degrees, were so bad that only two hours in six were covered by the national grid.
“Therefore, we call on the people not to pay their bills until the service improves”, he said.
Da’mi added that all of the councils in Iraq’s Middle Euphrates region had gathered in Najaf this week and unanimously decided to reject the ministry’s new domestic tariffs and to demand that they be cancelled.
The federal Ministry of electricity issued the new tariffs to be effective from the beginning of this month in all Iraqi provinces with the exception of the Kurdistan Region.
The 1000% increase in domestic energy pricing was part of a move to encourage the population to consume national energy supplies more responsibly, the ministry said.

this is exactly what i mean! how the hell is iraq supposed to develop its power sector with madness like this?? i bet when they go to amman or dubai they pay the HIGH PRICES and keep their mouths shut. Why the different behaviour inside iraq?

sheytanElKebir

December 14th, 2010, 11:36 PM

ardamir

December 19th, 2010, 02:51 AM

Imagine the headache the power companies will have when they refurb old power lines. Ive seen pictures of alleys in Baghdad with hundreds of illegal electricity connections.

BigDreamer

December 19th, 2010, 03:02 AM

^^ indeed !!

IMO, they should abandon these old hanging cables (completely disconnect them from the grid, after putting a modern network in place.. by doing this, they can install proper (and secured) metering systems as well ...

sheytanElKebir

December 25th, 2010, 11:49 AM

more construction investments for the gas turbines up for offer.

Basra, Najaf, Anbar this time.

better late than never i suppose!

BAGHDAD | Sat Dec 25, 2010 3:32pm IST
(Reuters) - Power-starved Iraq has invited foreign companies to build three power plants to boost the national grid by 1,250 megawatts, the Ministry of Electricity said on Saturday.

The ministry said a 500 MW plant would be built in each of the southern provinces of Basra and Najaf, and a 250 MW plant in the western province of Anbar.

"The companies will present their offers in the coming few weeks to supply, design and implement these plants," it said.

The ministry did not give a value for the projects.

Iraq, trying to rebuild after years of war and economic sanctions, hopes to triple its electricity capacity to 27,000 megawatts from the current 9,000 MW in four years.

More than seven years after the U.S.-led invasion, Iraq's national grid still only supplies a few hours of power each day. Intermittent electricity is one of the public's top complaints.

sheytanElKebir

January 3rd, 2011, 09:09 PM

French company to establish 8 power plants in Basra
December 14, 2010 - 05:52:32
BASRA / Aswat al-Iraq: Basra Governor Shaltaghh Aboud signed on Tuesday a contract with France’s Schneider Electric to establish eight power plants in the province with $29 million, according to a media source.
“The governor signed a contract with a representative of Schneider Electric Company, specialized in electrical projects, to set up eight power plants in the province,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“The projects will be implemented in cooperation with an Iraqi partner in separate areas in Basra,” he added.
Basra is 590 km south of Baghdad.

more details on this... clarifying the above.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5isKSL_9zA8ceZFSHttY7URFNGmvA?docId=CNG.db6e69a39bc8bc4ed7a6f5bfacf1a7a4.61

BASRA, Iraq — French group Schneider Electric has signed a contract with the local government in Basra to build eight electricity sub-stations in power-starved southern Iraq, an Iraqi official said on Monday.
Construction of the sub-stations is set to begin on January 14 and should take eight months, Ziad Ali of Basra provincial council and head of its electricity commission, told AFP.
A spokesperson for Schneider in Paris confirmed by telephone that the 29-million-dollar (21-million-euro) contract was signed on December 14.
Ali said the deal also contracts Schneider to maintain the installations for one year after completion.

so yes, the contract is for substations not power stations, and the value of the contract certainly reflects that.

but to thicken the plot a bit further... the wall street journal says:
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110102-702952.html
France's Schneider Electric (SU.FR) and Areva (ARVCY, CEI.FR) won contracts worth up to $52 million to build 15 power distribution stations that would help end power bottlenecks in the southern Iraqi governorate of Basra, a senior government official said Sunday.

Mohammed Abdul Amir, head of power projects in Basra, said that Schneider Electric has won a contract worth $29 million to build eight power substations, while Areva won a contract worth $23 million to build seven substations.

The new substations would enable the Basra power grid to handle some 2,000 megawatts of power, from the current 700 megawatts now, Abdul Amir, head of the electricity committee in Basra, told Dow Jones.

The two contracts would be financed from the so-called petrodollars that the Basra governorate gets from exporting crude oil from its oil fields. The Iraqi parliament last year passed a law under which Iraqi governorates will get one dollar from each barrel of oil or equivalent they export from their oil fields.

The Iraqi ministry of electricity announced last month tenders to build two new power generation stations in the Basra governorate, with total production of 1,750 megawatts. Iraq also tendered to build six more power stations in other Iraqi provinces.

so now we get the full details!

sheytanElKebir

January 13th, 2011, 08:09 PM

Turkish energy company signs Iraq deal worth $445.5 mln

Published:
A Turkish energy company on Thursday signed a deal with the Iraqi government to build a power plant for a cost of $445.5 million.

The deal between Turkey’s Calik Energy and the Iraqi Electricity Ministry for the construction of the 1,250 megawatt al-Hayrat plant in Karbala.

Calik Holding CEO Ahmet Calik and Iraq’s Deputy Electricity Minister Salam Kazzaz penned the agreement in a ceremony in Baghdad with the participation of Iraqi Deputy Premier for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani and Turkey’s Ambassador to Iraq Murat Ozcelik.

Speaking at the ceremony al-Shahristani said al-Hayrat plant would be biggest in Iraq when completed in two years time, adding that the plant would create 500 new jobs.

Al-Shahristani said the Iraqi government would open more tenders for the construction of two power plants in Mosul.

BigDreamer

January 14th, 2011, 09:20 PM

good news. Turkish comapnies are great !

sheytanElKebir

January 27th, 2011, 02:18 PM

Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

South Korea's Hyundai has won a contract worth $218.9 million to build 500 megawatt- power station near the capital Baghdad, as part of the Iraqi government's efforts to address acute power shortage, a government spokesman said Wednesday.

"The cabinet has approved a request by the electricity ministry to build the gas-fired al-Quds power station," Ali al-Dabbagh, who is also a minister of state, told Dow Jones Newswires after a weekly cabinet meeting.

Dabbagh said the project is based on turn-key basis will be completed in 18 months from start of work.

Turbines for the project have been bought already by the Iraqi government from General Electric Co. (GE).

Iraq, which suffers from an acute power shortage, hopes to at least double its power generation capacity, which stands at only 6,500 megawatts--less than half of the country's actual electricity needs.

The ministry has recently opened bids to build seven large power plants across the country that could boost its power generating capacity by 4,000MW.

More than seven years after the U.S.-led invasion, Iraq's national grid provides only a few hours of power each day during summer when temperatures soar to 50 degrees Celsius.

Power shortage is one of the public's top complaints now.

Persi

February 5th, 2011, 11:56 PM

Electricity Ministry Needs $6bn to Solve Crisis

05 February 2011.
A spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity said on Saturday that resolving the energy crisis that has plagued the country in recent years will cost an estimated $6bn [7.2 trillion Iraqi dinars].

Musab al-Mudaris told AKnews that the ministry has asked parliament to provide appropriate funds in the 2011 budget to resolve the shortcomings that will prevent electricity provisions in the coming season.

“The ministry has legal obligations with a number of international companies,” he said.

One such obligation is a $219m contract with the South Korean firm Hyundai to install gas turbines in Iraq’s Qudus power station.

On top of the $6bn demanded, Mudaris said that in order to strengthen Iraq’s generating capacity, an investment of between $3bn and $4bn a year is needed.

Former Electricity Minister Karim Washid was forced to resign due to public pressure last summer, following protests about electricity shortages.

According to government figures, the energy available to Iraq is around 9 thousand megawatts, while demand is estimated at up to 14 thousand megawatts during the summer months

sheytanElKebir

February 13th, 2011, 05:59 PM

here we go... as predicted.

Iraq subsidises power after protests over services
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Under the new pricing scheme, consumers will pay 50 dinars per KWH for between 1,000 and 2,000 KWH, 80 dinars for between 2,000 and 3,000 KWH, and higher tariffs for higher amounts.

Electricity demand in Iraq has risen since the 2003 U.S. invasion but the national grid still only supplies a few hours of power per day, a major cause of discontent in a country that sits atop some of the world's biggest oil reserves.

"Iraq's current production is 7,000 megawatts, while actual demand is 12,000 megawatts, so we have a shortage of 5,000 megawatts," Shahristani told reporters.

Iraq has big plans to install turbines and capture gas at oilfields to ramp up electricity production, and needs to spend $77 billion to improve the power sector by 2030, according to a master plan.

Shahristani said power imports from Iran will be increased to 800 megawatts from 500 megawatts, while talks are being held with Turkey and Syria to import about 300 megawatts more.

Rehabilitation and maintenance work on existing power stations will supply an additional 1,500 megawatts before this summer, Shahristani added.

"Despite all efforts, our production capacities will stay below required level needed for next summer", he said.

BigDreamer

February 14th, 2011, 05:51 AM

^^ LOL so long for maliki's promise to "solve the elctricty problem before summer"

Persi

February 17th, 2011, 08:19 PM

Hyundai Power Station Deal Signed

16 February 2011

The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity said on Tuesday it had signed a contract with Hyundai, of South Korea, for the construction of four new power generating stations at the al-Quds [al-Qudus] Gas Plant.

Musaab Mudarris, the spokesman for the ministry, said the construction of the four new stations with a capacity of 125 megawatts (MW) each, 500 MW in total, is expected to get underway immediately. The project, valued at $219m [264 billion Iraqi dinars], is to be completed within 18 months.

Turbines for the project have already been bought by the Iraqi government from General Electric (GE).

The al-Quds plant, north of Baghdad province, currently produces 900 MW.

Iraq suffers from electricity deficiency, despite the many contracts signed to improve the condition. The lack of basic services, including electricity, has led to public demonstrations recently.

BigDreamer

February 18th, 2011, 01:10 AM

^^ good news

Persi

February 24th, 2011, 07:04 PM

Decision Soon on Electricity Licensing Round

23 February 2011.

Iraq’s Electricity Ministry has announced that 11 international companies presented investment projects under the first licensing round to develop the electricity sector in the country.

The Iraqi government set February 10th as the deadline for receiving offers under this first licensing round.

Musab al-Mudarres, the spokesman of the Electricity ministry told AKnews that the award will be given to two companies, one of which will develop Basra power station, the gas-fired station in the Shatt al-Arab which consists of 10 generating units, each of which generates 125 megawatts, giving a total capacity of 1,250 megawatts.

“The second station in Amara, where four generating units will be installed, each generating 125 megawatts, giving a total capacity of 500 megawatts.”

A decision will be made in about four weeks.

Persi

February 28th, 2011, 07:00 PM

Turkish Company Considers Power Plant in Iraq

27 February 2011.

Turkey’s Tekfen Insaat, a construction company active in 12 countries, aims to build a power plant in Iraq together with a French company as Iraq’s risk profile improves, chief executive Umit Ozdemir said, according to the Kipp Report.

The company is looking into projects in the southern part of Iraq, ha told a conference in Istanbul.

Eight years after the U.S.-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein, the national grid supplies only a few hours of power per day, driving up costs for businesses and compounding summer heat, when temperatures reach above 50 degrees Celsius.

Iraq has big plans to install turbines and capture gas at oilfields to ramp up electricity production, and needs to spend $77 billion to improve the power sector by 2030, according to a government master plan.

Persi

March 12th, 2011, 12:16 PM

Plans to Move Electricity Supply Underground

11 March 2011.

A spokesman for the ministry of electricity has reported that plans are being considered to move the national grid underground, in order to prevent citizens illegally taking power supplies directly from overhead distribution lines.

Musab al-Mudarres told AKnews that the practice of taking electricity directly from local power lines is widespread across Iraqi, and the ministry does not have the power or resources to prevent them.

“Underground networks have proved successful in some areas of Baghdad such as Zayouna and Yarmouk where they have replaced the overhead power lines,” Mudarres said, adding that similar projects have been set up in Sadr City and Adhamiya.

Last July the Iraqi government launched a campaign in the capital to put an end to the public theft of national power supplies in response to public protests over limited hours of domestic provision.

According to government figures, the energy available to Iraq is around 9 thousand megawatts of energy, while demand is estimated at up to 14 thousand megawatts during the summer months.

The Iraqi government has announced plans to increase the country’s generative capacity to 27,000 megawatts over the next four years, requiring an investment of between $3bn and $4bn per year.

The majority of households across the Iraqi provinces have between six and eight hours of national electricity each day.

This poor provision of electricity has been one of the main grievances of protestors in the wave of public demonstrations that have swept through Iraq over the past month.

elusive

March 12th, 2011, 12:22 PM

sheytanElKebir

March 23rd, 2011, 07:00 PM

well this is a surprise. Diesel????

Iraq buys 50 diesel plants to ease power shortages
Wed Mar 23, 2011 3:27pm GMT
* Foreign firms to install 50 diesel mini-power stations

* Minister promises 16 hours a day of power by 2012

By Aseel Kami

BAGHDAD, March 23 (Reuters) - Iraq's Ministry of Electricity said on Wednesday it had reached an agreement with three foreign firms to install 50 diesel-fuelled emergency power generator stations across the country to help ease its acute power shortage.

Eight years since the fall of dictator Saddam Hussein, Iraqis still have power for only a few hours a day, one of the main sources of public discontent towards the authorities who have failed to tackle the problem despite windfall oil revenues.

Electricity Minister Raad Shallal said the plan to install mini-power stations around the country would help provide an interim solution while long-term power projects get underway.

Caterpiller of the United States, MAN Diesel of Germany and a Korean firm will share the $6.25 billion contract to install the mini-power stations, which will be signed next week, he added.

The 50 power stations would each have 25 diesel generators producing 4 megawatts each, adding a total of 5,000 megawatts in capacity.

Iraq needs more than 15,000 megawatts to meet peak summer demand. Its supply this summer is projected to be just 7,000 megawatts, enough to supply just eighthours of power a day, Shallal said.

The emergency generators will allow the country's grid to supply 16 hours a day of power in the summer of 2012, Shallal said.

"Definitely, the summer of 2011 will be better than the summer of 2010. God willing, in 2012 the picture will change completely," Shallal told a news conference. (Editing by Greg Mahlich)

BigDreamer

March 24th, 2011, 02:23 AM

^^ wtf :nuts:

what a joke, I remember reading they plan to "solve" the electricity problem by 2012.. now they're aiming for 16 hrs a day only using diesel generators ! what the hell happend to the tens of powerplants with GE / Seimens turbines there were suppose to be finished by then ?!!

ardamir

March 24th, 2011, 09:05 PM

Possibly a lack of local technical expertise in designing, constructing, and operating. I would also assume that their early estimates were over-optimistic because they were not aware of the issues they would face.

But hey, 5000mw is better than 0mw.

sheytanElKebir

March 24th, 2011, 09:10 PM

these are in ADDITION to the GE/Siemens units (which are about 6-7GW).

SO capacity will be in the 18-20GW range by 2015. That SHOULD cover all Iraq's needs as long as there's sufficient fuel for the plants!

With regards to expertise, Iraqi companies have built 1GW+ gas turbine plants with no issues. The only issue is the availability of cash for the equipment as well as the availability of gas from the Southern Gas Company.

ardamir

March 24th, 2011, 09:15 PM

Does Iraq produce enough diesel to power these generators?

BigDreamer

March 25th, 2011, 02:22 AM

diesel generator plants are not efficient, and are more pollutive, it's not a smart choice, but i guess it's faster and cheaper than other alternatives..

In anycase, i don't like this.. it shows a lack of competence (as ardamir suggested) for them to resport to this somwhat desperate measure..

what concerns me is WHERE did they manage to get the funds for it ?!

they were complaining for years to find enough funds for the GE/Siemens plants.. and now suddenly they have enough for deisel plants ? :hm:

If they had access to funds all along, why on earth didn't they manage the GE/Siemens plants better ?? most of the delay was after all due to lack fo funds and investors..

Persi

April 1st, 2011, 04:22 PM

Turkish Company to Build Power Plant in Ninewa

31 March 2011.

The local government in Ninewa signed a deal with a Turkish company on Wednesday to build a gas-fired electricity generating plant.

The plant will generate 750 Megawatts, a source from the Ninewa governor’s office told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“The $388 million-deal aims to improve the electricity in the province,” he noted.

sheytanElKebir

April 6th, 2011, 10:49 PM

this is an interesting development. The first BOT power station in "Iraq" (outside KRG).

BAGHDAD, April 6 (Reuters) - Iraq's Electricity Ministry said on Wednesday it had shortlisted two private Kurdish-owned companies to build and operate a power plant costing up to $1 billion in Iraq's southern Basra province.

Iraq will select the winner between the two companies -- Jordan-based Mass Global Investment Co and Arbil-based Kar Group -- at the end of April, electricity ministry spokesman Musab al-Mudarres said in a statement.

The 1,250 megawatt power plant will be constructed on a build-own-operate basis in Shatt al-Basra, in Basra, Iraq's southern oil hub. The winning company will then sell the power generated by the plant to the government, the statement said.

The plant is due to start operating in May 2013.

Iraq needs more than 15,000 megawatts to meet peak summer demand. Its supply this summer is projected to be just 7,000 megawatts, enough to supply just eight hours of power a day.

Electricity demand in Iraq has risen since the 2003 U.S. invasion, but the national grid still only supplies a few hours of power per day, a major cause of discontent in a country that sits atop some of the world's biggest oil reserves. (Reporting by Aseel Kami and Ahmed Rasheed; Editing by Caroline Drees and Jane Baird)

once again. "Mass group" is in there... (the baathi guy who was Jash for saddam in the 1980s), where on earth can they find the $200M+ deposit needed to raise the $1.3Bn CAPEX for such a thing (in addition to all their other investments in Kurdistan already...).. one wonders!

sheytanElKebir

April 6th, 2011, 10:51 PM

this is another one of the GE/Siemens turbine deals.

Iraq awards Chinese firm power plant contract
(AFP) – 1 day ago
BASRA, Iraq — Iraq awarded China National Machinery & Equipment Import & Export Corp a $204.4 million contract to build a 500 megawatt electrical power plant at a signing ceremony on Tuesday.
CMEC, which beat out competition from Switzerland's ABB, Turkey's Enka and South Korea's Hyundai, is to build four 125-megawatt units in the southern province of Basra, with the project due to be completed in 18 months.
Iraqis currently receive no more than six hours of state-supplied electricity per day in winter, and less than four hours in the summer. Those who can afford it get added supplies from private generators.
Poor public services, official corruption and government inefficiency have been behind nationwide protests since mid-February.
Angry Iraqis staged violent demonstrations last summer in several southern cities over power rationing as temperatures reached 54 degrees Celsius (130 degrees Fahrenheit) and air conditioners sat idle.
Iraq's entire electricity network -- from generation plants to hub stations and transmission lines -- took a beating under the 1980-88 war with Iraq, the 1991 Gulf War, more than a decade of UN sanctions that followed and finally by the US-led invasion of 2003 and insurgent attacks that have followed.
Currently, electricity production and imports from Syria and Iran total about 7,000 megawatts, with demand around twice as much.
Iraq said last month it plans to build 50 power plants by the summer of 2012 to alleviate shortages.

kurd123

April 6th, 2011, 11:16 PM

sheytanElKebir

April 6th, 2011, 11:57 PM

its good to see locals making large investments. But I am afraid that some of the companies out of Amman Jordan (like Mass) are funded by shady cash... seems no one really cares there.

sheytanElKebir

April 8th, 2011, 06:52 PM

AMMAN—Iraq's electricity ministry has clinched a deal with a consortium of South Korean companies to build 25 power plants worth up to $3.125 billion, a ministry spokesman said Thursday.

The consortium includes major South Korean industrial firms such Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., STX Heavy Industries Co. Ltd, Doosan Heavy Industries and LG, Mussab Al Mudaris said.

The deal, which was signed by Iraqi Electricity Minister Raad Shalal in Baghdad Wednesday, would include installing 25 power plants in various parts of Iraq with total production of 2,500 megawatts, Mr. Mudaris said. The power stations should be up and running by the summer of 2012, he added.

He said that contracts to build another 25 power plants with 2,500 megawatts of power-generation capacity would also be awarded soon. These would cost another $3.125 billion to build, he added.

The ministry has also short-listed this week two firms to build a $1 billion power plant in the southern Basra governorate. Mass Global Investment Co. and Kar Group, two Kurdish private companies, are competing to win the deal to produce some 1,250 megawatts of power.

The project is meant to provide quick power to Iraqis who have been suffering from acute shortages of electricity. Iraq's ageing power stations produce only about 6,500 megawatts, less than half the country's actual needs.

BigDreamer

April 9th, 2011, 02:42 AM

^^ this is for the diesel power plants isn't it?

sheytanElKebir

April 9th, 2011, 10:48 AM

^^ this is for the diesel power plants isn't it?

it sounds like it. each plant is 100MW.

elusive

April 9th, 2011, 11:23 AM

what's the state of electricity these days?

sheytanElKebir

April 10th, 2011, 09:03 PM

South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. tendered the lowest of six bids for the construction of a 500-megawatt power plant in central Iraq, an Iraqi Electricity Ministry official said.

Hyundai Heavy bid $158.9 million for the work, which will help boost power supplies and ease the outages that have sapped Iraq’s economy. Metka SA (METTK) of Greece, Turkey’s Enka Insaat & Sanayi AS, Lanco Infratech Ltd. (LANCI) of India, and companies from Iraq and Jordan also bid for the project, Deputy Electricity Minister Salam Qazaz said in an interview today.

“The winner of the bid will be announced between three days and one week following a study of technical and financial aspects of the tender,” Qazaz said in Baghdad. The natural-gas fired plant in Najaf is to be built within 18 months, he said.

In a separate bid, Hyundai Heavy, Lanco Infratech, three Iraqi groups and an Italian company submitted offers to build a 250-megawatt power station in Al-Qaim in western Iraq, Sabih Ishak, a director general at the Electricity Ministry, said in an interview from Baghdad. Results will be announced April 17, he said. The plant will run on gas from the nearby Akkas field, he said.

Conflict, Sabotage

Iraq’s electricity plants and distribution system have suffered through years of conflict, sanctions and sabotage. Iraqis receive power from the national grid for an average of about one hour in every five. Frequent outages hamper economic reconstruction, and protests over unreliable electricity supplies have made the issue a major concern of the government.

Former Electricity Minister Karim Wahid resigned last June after two people were killed in riots over blackouts and power rationing. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki pledged to address the problem after forming his new government in December.

A group of South Korean companies signed contracts on April 7 to build 25 power stations, half of 50 that are planned at a total value of $6.25 billion. Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) and Man SE (MAN) are among companies that have bid for the remaining 25 plants, Electricity Minister Raad Shallal said on March 23.

The government also invited bids in December for the construction of four bigger plants that would raise generating capacity by a combined 2,750 megawatts. Those bids will be for a 1,250-megawatt plant near Basra, and three plants of 500 megawatts each in the cities of Samawa, Diwaniya and Amarah.

Power supply this summer will improve to an average of eight hours a day nationwide, up from about six hours a day last summer, Shallal said last month. Iraq produces 7,000 megawatts and imports an additional 1,000 megawatts, while demand is about 14,000 megawatts, he said.

ib6ub9

April 20th, 2011, 09:30 AM

I got this from another foroum posted by; rendi-mont 03-23-2011, 11:08 AM

Iraq said on Wednesday it plans to build 50 power plants by the summer of 2012 to alleviate shortages, one of the reasons behind violent protests that have rocked the country for more than a month.

"In the short term, nationwide we will build 50 stations with a capacity of 100 megawatts," Electricity Minister Raad Shalal told reporters.

"Work will begin immediately and be completed in the summer of 2012, but the first effects will be felt next winter" when the plants connect to the grid, he added.

The units, costing $6.25 billion, would be installed by US company Caterpillar, MAN of Germany and an unidentified South Korean firm.

Iraqis currently receive no more than six hours of state-supplied electricity per day in winter, and less than four hours in the summer. Those who can afford it get added supplies from private generators.

Poor public services, official corruption and government inefficiency
have been behind nationwide protests since mid-February.

Angry Iraqis staged violent demonstrations last summer in several southern cities over power rationing as temperatures reached 54 degrees Celsius (130 degrees Fahrenheit) and air conditioners sat idle.

Shalal said that during the medium term, gas-powered generators purchased in 2008 will have been installed and become operational.

"They will provide a total of 10,000 megawatts when they are completed and connected to the grid in mid-2014," he said.

Iraq's entire electricity network -- from generation plants to hub stations and transmission lines -- took a beating under the 1980-88 war with Iraq, the 1991 Gulf War, more than a decade of UN sanctions that followed, and finally by the US invasion in 2003 and the insurgent attacks that have followed.

Currently, electricity production and imports from Syria and Iran total about 7,000 megawatts, with demand around twice as much.

http://arabia.msn.com/News/MiddleEas...on=allfeatured

Another article: http://af.reuters.com/article/energy...34321320110323

Yousifovic

April 20th, 2011, 09:45 AM

^^ i doubt it can happen ? idnno its a good thing .. lets hope

ib6ub9

April 20th, 2011, 09:50 AM

^^ i doubt it can happen ? idnno its a good thing .. lets hope

the other day maliki was on tv, and he was like electricity is a timely matter,, until 2012 till we will have electricty -.-!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!@@@@@@@ more explanation marks.

BigDreamer

April 20th, 2011, 09:56 AM

ib6ub9

April 20th, 2011, 09:59 AM

cool article 1b6ub9 (btw I like your user name :D)

Is it okay if i move this thread to the electricty sector thread on the main page (since we've posted about this same subject there)?

I will keep it here if you want it to be here :)

nah lol u can move it... Yeah my name is awsome isnt it loooooool ... ud think its just jibrish unless ur brain works properly and u spiot out the hidden message hehehe

sheytanElKebir

April 20th, 2011, 10:10 AM

its a repost.

sheytanElKebir

April 20th, 2011, 11:24 PM

Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity announced on Tuesday the experimental launch of a number of electrical units in the al-Sadr gas station. According to the report from AKnews, the plant is operated by the Iranian company Snair (which Iraq Business News believes to be Sunir).
The ministry’s media spokesman, Musab al-Mudarres, told AKnews that the station will provide the Iraqi network with a total of 640 MW with two of the station’s six units operational.
The Electricity Ministry presented in December projects for the construction of four gas-powered electricity generating plants for investment within the first licensing round, in order to double its production over the coming years.
“The Ministry of Electricity is working in coordination with the Iranian company to resolve the technical obstacles that hinder the completion of the al-Sadr gas station,” Mudarres said.
The Iraqi government has announced plans to increase the country’s generative capacity to 27,000 megawatts over the next four years, requiring an investment of between $3bn and $4bn per year.

sheytanElKebir

April 21st, 2011, 09:01 AM

Iraq has doubled its electricity capacity over prewar levels, making dramatic headway in a critical benchmark that had plagued U.S. leaders and frustrated Iraqis since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.

Iraq’s supply of electricity is 7,900 megawatts, about double the levels before the war, according to the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.
Demand for electricity has increased 73% since 2005 to 15,300 megawatts, according to embassy statistics.
For years, Iraq’s sputtering electrical grid was a symbol of U.S. inability to rebuild Iraq in the face of growing chaos.
Iraq has increased capacity by renovating plants, buying power from outside the country and improving transmission lines. Much of the capacity was increased in the past three years, according to U.S. military statistics.
The United States has contributed $4.6 billion since 2003 to Iraq’s efforts to restore electricity.
“They generate and transmit more electricity now than they ever have in the past,” said Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, the top U.S. military spokesman in Iraq.
Even with the increase, Iraq will fall short of what is needed because demand for power is skyrocketing at an even faster clip. Iraqis have access to computers, wide-screen televisions, air conditioners and other items that were in short supply when the country was under sanctions imposed by the United Nations.
Because most consumers pay little or nothing for electricity, there is not much incentive to conserve. That will probably mean continued blackouts in Baghdad and elsewhere that will force residents to use generators and other private sources of electricity. “There’s still a significant gap between desire and capacity,” said Anthony Cordesman, an analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
That has Iraq’s government concerned as summer approaches. Temperatures regularly rise above 100 degrees in summer.
Protesters have taken to the streets as part of a wave of regional unrest sweeping across the Arab world and could do so again.
Iraq’s demonstrations focus on a variety of issues, including corruption, unemployment and cronyism, Cordesman said. A lack of services, such as clean water and electricity, helps trigger the anger, he said.
“They are listening, and they’re very concerned about how … do they meet the people’s needs,” Buchanan said of Iraq’s government.
At the height of the insurgency, militants targeted power lines and other infrastructure, but violence has dropped dramatically.
It’s not clear when Iraq’s ability to generate electricity will catch up with demand.
The International Monetary Fund forecasts Iraq’s economy will grow by 9.65% this year. Most of Iraq’s economy is based on oil, which has been increasing in price.
Iraq’s government has contracted with 14 foreign oil companies, and crude oil production has increased 26% over prewar levels to 2.7 million barrels a day.

haiderpass

April 22nd, 2011, 03:55 PM

yes but it hasnt made a difference and its not the governments fault. i mean i know the'res corruption in iraq and with a budget like 80bn, the electricity problem should have been solved by now, but the people in iraq arnt helping. electricity is dirt cheap, so when the muwalida is on, you get people using the bare necessities, fridge, a few lights, tv etc.., but as soon as the wataniya comes on, all the aircons are on, all the lights go on, several satellites and tvs, ALL at once, even the ones they dont need, how's the government supposed to fix that. just like the government is at fault for corruption, the population is also at fault for the electricity issue.

sheytanElKebir

April 22nd, 2011, 04:23 PM

haiderpass

April 22nd, 2011, 04:49 PM

my bad, haven't read the entire thread, just had a look, so even if they manage to double the electricity by next year, still it wont be enough as people will want to take advantage of free electricity, such a shame really.

sheytanElKebir

April 23rd, 2011, 11:02 PM

A celebration was made in the headquarter of BIC to celebrate granting a new investment license for a Gulf Company to implement a power generating plant project in a capacity of 150 mw and a cost of 125 million dollars to be finished in 6 months. The celebration was attended by many Iraqi officials like the chairman of the governorate council, the governor of Basra, some members of the council and other related authorities.
The license was granted for Dao Al- Jomaih Inc. Ltd. that will establish Al- Shuaiba new power plant. The generated power shall be given to some districts at the northern of Al- Zubair County. There are also two other similar projects, the first one is in Al- Fao and the second is in Al- Hartha. Moreover; the ministry of electricity will start receiving offers next week to develop Al- Najebia power plant.
The chairman of BIC, Eng. Haider Ali Fadhil, said that," This is the first electricity investment project in Basra since 2003, it is a vital project that will serve in solving part of the electricity problem. The project will be constructed on an area of 7 acres in Al- Shuaiba and the capital recovery period shall be 3 years". He added that," The project supply of oil will be from Al- Shuaiba oil field and that the charge of supplying 1kw/ hour".
For his part, the director of the company, Mohammed Oun, said that," The plant consists of French made Generating units and this project will provide job opportunities for 350 Iraqi labors ".

ardamir

April 24th, 2011, 07:12 PM

Iraq fires up new power plant in Baghdad

(Reuters) - Iraq's Ministry of Electricity and Iranian power development firm Sunir inaugurated a $150 million, 320-megawatt power plant in Baghdad on Sunday that should boost Iraq's feeble electricity supply.

The plant, constructed on 25 acres in the Sadr City slum in northeastern Baghdad, has two 160-MW turbines, one of which was connected to the national grid on Sunday. The other was scheduled to be hooked up next month.

"No power station of this size has been installed in Baghdad in years," electricity ministry spokesman Musab al-Mudarres said.

Intermittent power is one of Iraqis' main complaints. Eight years after the fall of dictator Saddam Hussein, the grid still only supplies a few hours of power a day. Protesters at recent demonstrations frequently complained about the power supply.

Iraq needs more than 15,000 megawatts to meet peak summer demand. Its supply this summer is projected to be just 7,000 megawatts, the electricity minister said last month.

Sunir Vice President Amir Anvari said the company plans to install two more gas units in a second phase of the plant and should sign a contract for the project in about a month.

The new turbines would bring total capacity of the plant to 640 MW.

The turbines can be run on natural gas or gasoil. Each unit needs 1 million liters of gasoil a day, which requires 80 fuel tanker trucks to travel to the site every day.

"There is a real problem in transferring fuel to this plant ... with these unpaved roads, these traffic jams and these (security) checkpoints," said Ghalib al-Zamili, the head of the energy committee of Baghdad's provincial council.

Sunir is in negotiations with the ministry to install a natural gas pipeline between Iran and Iraq to feed the Sadr City power station and another in northern Baghdad, Anvari said.

(Reporting by Aseel Kami and Muhanad Mohammed; Editing by David Cowell)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/24/us-iraq-electricity-idUSTRE73N1LC20110424

ardamir

April 24th, 2011, 07:20 PM

Did you guys already post this one?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/07/us-iraq-electricity-idUSTRE7365X520110407

Iraq signs $4 billion deals to boost power supply

(Reuters) - Iraq said on Thursday it had signed two deals worth almost $4 billion to build emergency power stations across the country to help double electricity supply to 16 hours a day by next summer.

Eight years since the fall of dictator Saddam Hussein, Iraqis still only have power for a few hours a day, one of the main sources of public discontent toward the authorities who have failed to tackle the problem despite windfall oil revenues.

Iraq needs more than 15,000 megawatts to meet peak summer demand. Its supply this summer is projected to be just 7,000 megawatts, enough to supply just eight hours of power a day, the electricity minister said last month.

Laith al-Mamury, head of investments and contracts at the electricity ministry, said Iraq had now signed a $3.2 billion deal with a South Korean company to build 25 power stations with a total capacity of 2,500 MW in different parts of Iraq.

He said the ministry had also signed a $762 million contract with Jordanian company Elite to build several power stations with a total capacity of 600 MW.

The ministry will also sign two more contracts in the next few days to build power stations with a total capacity of 1,900 MW, Mamury said.

The ministry of electricity's emergency plan calls for 50 mini-power stations -- producing about 100 MW each -- around the country to help provide an interim solution while long-term power projects get underway.

Electricity Minister Raad Shallal said last month the total cost of the emergency plan would be around $6 billion.

The emergency generators will allow the country's grid to supply 16 hours a day of power in the summer of 2012.

The South Korean company will buy the equipment for the plants from other South Korean companies including LS Industrial Systems and Hyosung Corp, Mamury said.

(Writing by Aseel Kami; Editing by Caroline Drees)

ardamir

April 24th, 2011, 07:21 PM

Turkey to provide Iraq with electricity

Saturday, April 16, 2011 10:32 GMT
Iraq Ministry of Electricity announced on Thursday that it inked an agreement with Turkey to provide Iraq with electricity during summer 2011 and to increase the share of Euphrates river water arriving to Iraq. The ministry said that in 2012 Iraq will connect its electricity grid with that of turkey.
“Iraq Ministry of Electricity agreed with Turkey that the latter shall provide Iraq with 200 Megawatts of electricity the current summer thru Al Mosul distribution line after rehabilitating the same during the next two months,” Iraq Minister of Electricity said in a press conference held at the Ministry and attended by Alsumarianews. “Turkey also agreed to provide Iraq with an additional 100 megawatts thru Turkey-Syria-Iraq power-line given that works in preparing this line end”, he added.
“The ministry also agreed with Turkey on increasing the quantity of water in Euphrates in order for Iraq to operate a new developed power station with a productivity capacity of 400 megawatt”, the minister uttered. “Iraq is waiting to negotiate with Syria so as it allows this increase to reach Iraq”, he added.
“Iraq will connect its electricity system with that of Turkey officially as of November 2012 after Turkey finishes works in its distribution lines”, Shalal said. “Iraq finished all its logistic and technical preparations in this regard”, he stressed.
The regional electricity system is part of the Arab Electricity Grids Interconnection Projects and it is known by Eight Country Interconnection Project, it includes: Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, Libya and Iraq. This project is hoped to be implemented in the upcoming period.
Iraq imports 400 megawatts thru three electricity lines: Karmanshah – Diyala and Serbil – Zuhab – Khankin.

http://www.alsumaria.tv/en/Economics-News-Iraq/3-63018-Turkey-to-provide-Iraq-with-electricity.html

iraqishi3i

April 25th, 2011, 11:55 AM

BAGHDAD, April 25 (Reuters) - Iraq's electricity ministry signed a $1 billion deal with China's Shanghai Electric (2727.HK: Quote) on Monday to nearly double the size of a power plant south of Baghdad.

The plant in the town of Zubaidiya initially was slated to have four 330 megawatt generators for a total capacity of 1,320 MW but the new deal would see two additional 610 MW units installed to expand capacity to 2,540 megawatts, officials said.

Shanghai started work last May on Phase 1 of the plant, which was valued at $924 million.

"This is a huge leap in the contracts of the electricity ministry to enlarge a thermal plant by 1,200 MW," Electricity Minister Raad Shallal said at the signing ceremony. "Thermal power plants are the backbone of the electricity system. The long term plan of the ministry is the thermal plants."

Intermittent electricity is one of Iraqis' chief complaints. More than eight years after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, the national grid supplies only a few hours of power each day. (Reporting by Aseel Kami; writing by Jim Loney; Editing by Hans Peters)

makaay31

April 25th, 2011, 09:32 PM

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A general view shows the new Sadr City power station in Baghdad's Sadr city April 24, 2011. Iraq's Ministry of Electricity and Iranian power development firm Sunir inaugurated the $150 million, 320-megawatt power plant in Baghdad on Sunday that should give a boost to Iraq's feeble electricity supply. Picture taken April 24, 2011.

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A worker operates at a control room during the inauguration of Sadr City power station in Baghdad's Sadr city April 24, 2011. Iraq's Ministry of Electricity and Iranian power development firm Sunir inaugurated the $150 million, 320-megawatt power plant in Baghdad on Sunday that should give a boost to Iraq's feeble electricity supply. Picture taken April 24, 2011.

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An employee of Iranian power development firm Sunir walks past the Sadr City power station during its inauguration day in Baghdad's Sadr city April 24, 2011. Iraq's Ministry of Electricity and Iranian power development firm Sunir inaugurated the $150 million, 320-megawatt power plant in Baghdad on Sunday that should give a boost to Iraq's feeble electricity supply. Picture taken April 24, 2011.

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Staff workers of Iranian power development firm Sunir are seen during the inauguration of Sadr City power station in Baghdad's Sadr city April 24, 2011. Iraq's Ministry of Electricity and Iranian power development firm Sunir inaugurated the $150 million, 320-megawatt power plant in Baghdad on Sunday that should give a boost to Iraq's feeble electricity supply. Picture taken April 24, 2011.

sheytanElKebir

May 8th, 2011, 08:15 PM

KHAIRAT Iraq, May 8 (Reuters) - Iraqi energy officials on Sunday marked the start of work on a 1,250 megawatt power plant with Turkey's Calik Enerji as the power-starved country seeks to boost its electricity output.

The Turkish company, which won the $445.5 million contract in October, is expected to finish the project in April 2013, Sabeeh Qadu, general manager for gas projects in Iraq's Electricity Ministry told Reuters.

The plant consists of 10 gas turbines, each producing 125 MW, or 1,250 MW in total. The turbines are among 56 gas turbines the ministry purchased from General Electric (GE.N: Quote) in 2008, Qadu added.

"Today we are celebrating by putting in the foundation of building one of the biggest power generation plants in Iraq," Hussain al-Shahristani, the deputy prime minister for energy, told reporters at the site where the plant will be built in Khairat, 30 km southeast of Kerbala.

More than eight years after the U.S.-led invasion, Iraq's national grid only supplies a few hours of power each day. Intermittent electricity is one of the public's top complaints.

A Turkish official said Calik Enerji had so far completed a soil survey at the site, which currently employs 100 people, including engineers and technicians. Around 60 of the 100 employees are Turkish.

Calik also won a $388.5 million contract last month to build a power plant with a total capacity of 750 MW near Mosul in northern Iraq. [ID:nnLDE72S0MA] (Reporting by Aseel Kami; Editing by Serena Chaudhry and Hans Peters)

Persi

May 10th, 2011, 09:07 PM

Work Starts at $450m Karbala Power Station

Iraq’s Deputy Premier for Energy, Hussein al-Shahrestani, laid the foundation stone for the new 1250 megawatt al-Khairat power station in Karbala, which will add about 20% to power production in Iraq if completed as scheduled in April 2013.

Iraqi energy officials on Sunday marked the start of work on a 1,250 megawatt power plant with Turkey’s Calik Enerji as the power-starved country seeks to boost its electricity output.

The project is being undertaken by Turkish company Calik Enerji, which won the $445.5 million contract in October. The cost is to be repaid based on a deferred payment system as agreed with the Turkish government, Zahi Samit al-Da’mi, the chairman of the Karbala Provincial Council’s power & fuel committee, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

The plant consists of 10 gas turbines, each producing 125 MW, giving 1,250 MW in total. The turbines are among 56 gas turbines the ministry purchased from General Electric in 2008, Sabeeh Qadu, general manager for gas projects in Iraq’s Electricity Ministry, told Reuters.

“Today we are celebrating by putting in the foundation of building one of the biggest power generation plants in Iraq,” Hussain al-Shahristani, the deputy prime minister for energy, told reporters at the site where the plant will be built in Khairat, 30 km southeast of Kerbala.

A Turkish official said Calik Enerji had so far completed a soil survey at the site, which currently employs 100 people, including engineers and technicians. Around 60 of the 100 employees are Turkish.

Calik also won a $388.5 million contract in March to build a 750 KW power plant near Mosul in northern Iraq.

A subsidiary of Calik Holdings, GAP Construction, will carry out a $195 million project rehabilitating a 19-kilometer expressway between Baghdad International Airport and the city center, as well as landscaping works on a plot with a total area of 1.6 million square meters.

Persi

May 10th, 2011, 09:11 PM

Turkey’s Lanka Wins Nineveh Power Contract

Turkish company has been contracted to set up four new power stations in Nineveh province at an overall cost of $200 million [240 billion Iraqi dinars], a provincial energy official has announced.

Muhammed Wadallah al-Jabbouri from the Nineveh directorate of energy told AKnews that the Turkish firm Lanka has been given the task of supplying and installing the four 125 megawatt (MW) units in a bid to raise the generating capacity of the province for the summer season.

“The company will begin setting up the units this week,” Jabbouri said.

The four power generating units are in addition to a $267 million six-unit deal signed between the Nineveh energy directorate and Lanka in mid-February.

Persi

May 10th, 2011, 09:22 PM

Indian Company to Build Power Station in Wassit

Wassit local government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indian company BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited) to build a 500 MW power station, according to a report from Aswat al-Iraq.

Taha Rudaini, a member of the local government’s Media Committee, told the news agency that the station will be powered by diesel (black oil).

“The province got the final permission from the Ministry of Electricity to build this station”, he added.

BHEL has reportedly implemented power stations in Sulaimaniyah, Beiji [Baiji, Bayji], Rumaila (Basra), Oman, Yemen and UAE, in addition to its responsibility of 70 electrical projects in the region.

Discussions to find a venue for the station are underway.

haiderpass

May 13th, 2011, 10:27 AM

1,000 Megawatts to be added to Iraq's electric power by end of May.

BAGHDAD: Iraq's Electricity Ministry plans to add 1,000 megawatts to the electric power in the country by the end of the current month, the media spokesman for the Ministry said on Thursday.
"The Electricity Ministry plans to add during the next summer season, a number of new electric units to the electric network, estimated to reach 1,000 megawatts by the end of the current month," Mus'ab al-Mudarris told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

He said that "the program, that began five months ago and expected to be completed by the end of this month, includes the rehabilitation of a number of electric units in the Iraqi provinces."

"We also have a plan to connect the Iranian power line of 200 megawatts, as the Electricity Ministry had completed stretching the power poles to the Iranian borders, and the line shall enter into service next June, in addition to import a 250-migawatts from Iran, as well as the importation by the Ministry of Hondai Diesel Motors in June, with a total 380 megawatt power," he added.

Mudarrisi also said that the Ministry also plans to "conclude an agreement with Turkey to import 200 megawatts, through the Turkish-Syrian line," adding that that the Turkish side had agreed to increase the level of the level of Euphrates River, in order to commission a hydropower station on Haditha Dam.

© Aswat Aliraq 2011

sheytanElKebir

May 15th, 2011, 08:05 PM

South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. started work today on a $219 million project to expand a gas-fired power station near Baghdad, an Iraqi Electricity Ministry spokesman said.

The Al-Quds station located in a suburb northeast of the capital will increase production to 1,400 megawatts from 900 megawatts after 18 months, said Qais al-Waeli, spokesman for the ministry’s gas projects.

Iraq still struggles with severe electricity shortages eight years after the U.S.-led invasion that ousted President Saddam Hussein. The government has sought bids this year for the construction of more than 60 power plants.

sheytanElKebir

May 19th, 2011, 01:33 AM

elaborating on that "south korean 25x100MW plant" deal.

STX Heavy Industries Co. signed an agreement today to install 25 power plants to generate a total of 2,500 megawatts in Iraq, Iraqi Electricity Minister Raad Shallal said.

“This is a big event as the company will be establishing 25 plants in a region ranging from the southern city of Basra to the south of Baghdad,” he said in a speech during the signing, aired on the state-sponsored Iraqiya television.

The diesel-fired plants will be built within a total period of 13 months, he said during the ceremony attended by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

The units are half of the 50 new 100-megawatt power plants planned by the Iraqi government at a cost of $6.25 billion. A group of South Korean companies won the contract for the first 25 installations on April 7.

Iraq faces electricity shortages eight years after the U.S.-led invasion that ousted President Saddam Hussein and its generation and distribution network have suffered from decades of conflict, sanctions and sabotage. The country sought bids this year to build more than 60 power plants to add more than 14,000 megawatts to the grid.

Iraq produces 7,000 megawatts and imports 1,000 megawatts while domestic demand totals about 14,000 megawatts, Shallal said last month.

haiderpass

May 24th, 2011, 04:20 AM

Government Concedes Power To Speed Projects

It is a story that could fit in the national newspapers of any country in the world: “central government projects delayed”.
Yet Iraq seems determined to do something about the delays to these development projects, reports AKnews, as the government is voluntarily giving up central control to local councils to oversee the projects’ completion, after several major projects have suffered severe setbacks.
While bureacracy and corruption are typically blamed, a recent slow down in economic growth might be playing a part.
We are yet to learn which projects will be affected.

Persi

June 23rd, 2011, 01:18 PM

India’s Lanco Wins $81m Anbar Power Contract

Posted on 22 June 2011.

Lanco Infratech Ltd. (LANCI) of India signed an $81.3 million contract to build a gas-fired, 250-MW power station in western Iraq.

Masaab Serri, an Electricity Ministry spokesman, told Bloomberg that the company is scheduled to build the plant within 16 months in Al-Qaim, in Anbar province in western Iraq, using natural gas from the nearby Akkas field, which the Iraqi government has recently awarded to Korea Gas Corp (KOGAS).

The country sought bids this year to build more than 60 generation plants to add more than 14,000 megawatts to the national grid. Iraq currently produces 7,000 megawatts and imports 1,000 megawatts while domestic demand totals about 14,000 megawatts, Iraqi Electricity Minister Raad Shallal said in April.

sheytanElKebir

July 3rd, 2011, 11:07 PM

Canadian firm Capgent has signed a $1.66 billion (Dh6 billion) deal with the Iraqi electricity ministry to build 10 fuel oil-fired power plants of 100 megawatts each to help battle electricity shortages in the country, a ministry spokesman said yesterday.
Musa'ab Al Mudaris said the power plants, which will be installed in Iraq's western Anbar and the central Salaheddin provinces, will be constructed within 12 months from start of work.
The new plants are part of 50 power stations that Baghdad has decided to install as an emergency plan to offset electricity shortages in the country, he said.
Capgent, or Canadian Alliance for Power Generation Equipment, is a builder of thermal and diesel plant power plants, based in Vancouver.
Iraq, which suffers from an acute power shortage, hopes to at least double its power generation capacity, which stands at only 6,500 MW, less than half of the country's actual electricity requirements.
More than eight years after the US-led invasion, Iraq's national grid provides only a few hours of power each day during summer when temperatures soar to 50 degrees Celsius.
The ministry earlier this year opened bids to build seven large power plants across the country that could boost its power generating capacity by 4,000 MW.
It also announced earlier this year that it would separately build 50 small power plants by the summer of 2012 to alleviate shortages.

Persi

July 7th, 2011, 10:57 AM

German Company Lands $625m Iraq Power Contract

Posted on 06 July 2011.

AKnews reports that the German energy firm MBH has landed a $625 million contract to build five 100-MW power plants in Nineveh province.

The Iraqi electricity ministry announced the deal on Wednesday, saying that the project is expected to be completed in 21 months.

The establishment of the plants is part of the government’s plan to plug national grid shortages – a central gripe in the nationwide wave of public protests earlier this year – which leave some provinces with just eight hours of national power per day.

According to AKnews, the Electricity Ministry spokesman Mosaab al-Muhandis said that the company will be paid in full one year after the completion of the project, while AFP reports that payment will begin one year after commissioning and will be spread over two years.

Persi

September 5th, 2011, 12:13 PM

Alstom Signs $94m Power Contract in Nineveh

05/September/2011

Iraqi’s Ministry of Electricity signed a contract on Saturday with French conglomerate Alstom to build a power generation plant in Nineveh province at a cost of approximately $94 million, according to AKnews.

The Ministry said the plant will begin generating by the end of 2012.

Reuters reportst that the deal requires Iraq to pay 10 percent of the cost to Alstom in advance, and 40 percent a year after the start of construction. There were no details on when the rest of the cost would be paid.

Spin Cycle

September 6th, 2011, 05:58 PM

2012 seems like a big year for electrical power generation on paper. Lets see what happens...

sheytanElKebir

September 6th, 2011, 06:58 PM

2012 seems like a big year for electrical power generation on paper. Lets see what happens...

as long as demand is not controlled... no matter what you produce will get gobbled up leaving a massive deficit!

but no one wants to face reality. so lets continue with the charade!

Persi

September 28th, 2011, 12:37 AM

Shahristani: Electricity Crisis Will End in 2013 :master:

Posted on 26 September 2011.

Energy Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Hussein al-Shahristani has promised that Iraq’s electricity crisis will end in 2013.

AKnews reports that he said only a few more energy plants were necessary to end the electricity shortage.

“Iraq will have approximately 7,000 MW more after the completion of the Zubaydiah plant, the Khairat plant in Karbala, one in Mosul and another one in Dizlat,” Shahristani said.

Demand for electricity in Iraq is estimated at around 14,000 MW; according to government figures, the energy currently available to Iraq stands at around 9,000 MW.

According to a report issued by the International Energy Development Organization, Iraq would need to spend $12bn USD (14.1tr IQD) if it wants to produce enough electricity to meet the current needs.

“The projects of the Electricity Ministry to build gas stations are expensive,” said Nidaa Fakher, an official from the Iraqi branch of the organization. “However, these measures are still not enough.”

He added that Iraq would need 17,000 MW instead of the current peak demand of 14,000 MW, if the industrial sector was activated.

According to AKnews, the report criticized the Iraqi government for two reasons. First, Iraq lacks a central distribution center for electricity that would resolve the problem of the imbalanced distribution of electricity. Secondly, Iraq does not allow the private sector to implement investment projects to save energy.

According to the parliamentary committee assigned to investigate allegations of corruption against the Electricity Ministry, there is clear evidence of corruption in at least 17 contracts that were dealt with in the ministry.

“The committee recommends to question Electricity Minister Hussein al-Shahristani’“, said Uday Awwad, a member of the committee.

Shahristani took over the Electricity Ministry after his predecessor Raad Shallal was charged with allegations of corruption and had to resign. Mr Shallal was allegedly involved in corrupt contracts worth $1.7 billion USD (2 trillion IQD).

Persi

September 29th, 2011, 11:18 AM

Hyundai, Metka Win Iraq Power Deals Worth $357m

Posted on 28 September 2011.

Iraqi government spokesman Dr Ali al-Dabbagh has announced that Iraq’s cabinet has approved projects to build two power stations in southern Iraq.

The 1,500 megawatt Rumaila power station will be built by South Korean Hyundai Engineering at a cost of $308 million, while the 1,250 megawatt plant in Basra will be built by Greek company Metka at a cost of $349 million.

Both plants are gas-fired, and are to be completed within two years.

Both plants will be funded by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), as part of the $5 billion aid package that Japan pledged to Iraq in 2003.

Persi

November 7th, 2011, 08:58 PM

500-MW Power Station Approved in Thi Qar

Posted on 05 November 2011.

The Provincial Council of Thi Qar [Dhi Qar] has announced that the ministry of electricity has approved the award of a contract to build a 500-megawatt power station to a local company.

Aswat al-Iraq reports that the council expects the work to start this month, after verifying the company’s records and abilities.

The contract had previously been withdrawn after the resignation of ex-electricity minister Raad Shalal, as Deputy Premier for Energy Affairs Hussein Shahristani cancelled all contracts with Iraqi companies.

There are two power generation stations in Thi Qar. The first was built by a Russian company in 1978 and has a capacity of 800 megawatts, and the second is the gas powered station with 40 megawatt capacity.

IraqiPlan_et

November 17th, 2011, 05:24 PM

Iraq in $1 bln power deals with Chinese, Korean companies
November 17 2011

Iraq has finalised a $1.08 billion contract with China's CMEC to build a 1,260-megawatt thermal power plant, a senior electricity ministry official said on Thursday.

"The signing will take place next week or the week after," Laith al-Mamury, the head of investments and contracts at the ministry, said at a ceremony in Baghdad.

At the ceremony, Iraq signed an $85 million contract with South Korea's LS Industrial Systems to install 35 power distribution substations.

Iraq is trying to ramp up electricity production as it rebuilds after years of war and international sanctions.

Intermittent power is one of Iraqis' chief complaints. Demand far exceeds supply.

China National Machinery & Equipment Import & Export Corporation (CMEC) will build the thermal plant, with two power units each providing 630 MW, in Salahuddin province north of Baghdad.

Mamury also said the ministry had signed a $1.044 billion contract recently with STX Heavy Industries, a unit of South Korea's STX Group, to build diesel power stations with a total capacity of 900 MW in three provinces.

The units are scheduled to be completed in July 2012.

IraqiPlan_et

November 17th, 2011, 05:35 PM

Iraq Approves $540m Electricity Deal with Alstom
17 November 2011

AFP reports that the Iraqi cabinet has approved a $540 million contract for French firm Alstom to build a 182.4 megawatt gas power plant in central Iraq.
Ggovernment spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement that the plant, which should be up and running 18 months after the signature of the contract, is to be built in Mansuriya in the Diyala province, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) northeast of the capital.
The cabinet chose Alstom over the Iranian company company Mabna “because the offer was more attractive and less expensive,” he said.
Alstom has already been selected to refurbish a gas power plant in the central province of Najaf.

Basrawii

November 18th, 2011, 05:31 AM

Shihristani is doing a great job to electricity now. He will do the same thing he did for the oil sector. Hard working man.

fazl1991

November 18th, 2011, 06:03 AM

^^
He is some what related to our family and I know his family.
As u said he is a really hard working man, God bless him and who ever works for a better Iraq. Its hard to keep presenting good thing to the community when you are from a minority of good people but it is possible. :)

Basrawii

November 18th, 2011, 08:16 AM

I saw him before in Basra, again he did great job on the bidding rounds. I think Maliki did well by backing him up.

Spin Cycle

November 20th, 2011, 02:02 PM

I saw him before in Basra, again he did great job on the bidding rounds. I think Maliki did well by backing him up.

I agree, he's one of the better politicians (and the Kurds hate him, which makes him even better :D).

But, one person can't control the outcome, we'll have to wait and see if his projects pan out.

Sinjar

November 22nd, 2011, 11:59 PM

Nov 22 (Reuters) - Iraq has signed contracts worth $396 million with South Korea's Hyundai Engineering to build two power plants as it tries to increase electricity supplies, a senior official said on Tuesday.

The plants will have a total capacity of 1,752 megawatts, Laith al-Mamury, head of investments and contracts at the electricity ministry, said.

"The ministry signed a contract with Hyundai Engineering to build five units, each with a capacity of 292 megawatts (and) with a value of $308 million in Rumaila," Mamury told Reuters.

The second deal, worth $88.5 million is for a plant with one 292 MW gas unit at Taza in Iraq's northern Kirkuk province, Mamury said.

The gas units were bought from Siemens in a contract signed in 2008.

Mamury said the Rumaila contract was expected to be completed in 21 months while the Taza deal would be finished within 18 months.

Iraq is trying to ramp up electricity production as it rebuilds after years of war and international sanctions. Intermittent power is a chief complaint of Iraqis and demand far exceeds supply.

Iraq finalised a $1.08 billion contract with China's CMEC last week to build a 1,260-megawatt thermal power plant.

Sinjar

November 23rd, 2011, 12:01 AM

LSIS to build power substations in Iraq

LS Industrial Systems Co. said Tuesday it had won two contracts worth $115 million from the Iraqi government to install electrical substations in the Middle Eastern country’s capital.

Under the deal, Korea’s top maker of electrical equipment will establish 35 medium-voltage substations in Baghdad within a year. It also plans to supply an additional four air-insulated switchgear substations, including transformers, for a separate order.

The contracts come as part of the Middle Eastern country’s $37 billion program to revamp infrastructure, which was devastated amid three decades of war, sanctions and looting.

Iraq’s electricity ministry aims to establish 100 substations over the next few years to set up a secure nationwide power grid.

LSIS shares closed up 5.79 percent on Tuesday at 60,300 won ($52.64).

“Based on the successful deals as a steppingstone, we plan to bid not only for the remaining 65 substations but also for future reconstruction projects in Iraq and other Arab countries,” the company said in a statement.

The Middle Eastern market is on the verge of a boom as demand surges for housing, power stations, electric cables and other infrastructure following popular uprisings early this year.

Korean builders have beefed up their operations across the region in recent years, focusing on power plant construction. But Iraq has remained a nascent market for them compared with such countries as the United Arab Emirates, Libya and Saudi Arabia.

LSIS is the first non-European company in 60 years to win an electricity project there. It is also working on a 33 billion won deal to build power substations in Syria.

Last May, Hanwha Engineering & Construction won a $7.25 billion order to build a new town in Iraq by 2021.

LS Cable Ltd., another LS Group subsidiary, secured a $200 million deal in 2009 with an Iraqi firm to set up telecommunications networks there.

“The Iraqi reconstruction market is projected to see explosive growth over the next three years,” Park Joong-je, an analyst at Korea Investment & Securities Co., said in a report, adding that the country would become the largest construction market in the Middle East and North Africa next year, topping $203 billion.

By Shin Hyon-hee

BigDreamer

November 23rd, 2011, 01:56 AM

great to see all these contracts being signed.. but honestly, i think this stuff should have been signed 3-4 years ago ...

Basrawii

November 23rd, 2011, 05:03 AM

I think now that shihristani is in, he will do that change which should have been done few years ago. I think when the Americans are out the government will take its responsibilities more seriously.

IraqiPlan_et

November 24th, 2011, 12:38 AM

Iraq signs $349 mln power deal with Greece's Metka
23 nov. 2011

Iraq signed a $349 million contract with Greek power plant builder Metka on Wednesday for a gas-fired, 1,250-megawatt power plant in southern Iraq.

The plant, to be built in southern Basra province, includes 10 gas units of 125 megawatts each. The units were purchased from General Electric in a contract signed in 2008.

Deputy Electricity Minister Salam Qazaz said the ministry plans to add 22,000 megawatts of production capacity across Iraq over the next three years.

"Twenty-two thousand megawatts means to rebuild Iraq. It is three times what exists now," Qazaz said.

Iraq is trying to ramp up power production as it rebuilds after years of war and international sanctions. Intermittent power is a chief complaint of Iraqis and demand far exceeds supply.

Iraq signed contracts worth $396 million with South Korea's Hyundai Engineering to build two power plants on Tuesday.

It finalised a $1.08 billion contract with China's CMEC last week to build a 1,260-megawatt thermal power plant.

IraqiPlan_et

December 14th, 2011, 03:29 AM

Alstom wins €400m Iraq power station
Dec. 12 2011

Alstom has won a contract worth some €400m (£340m) to build the 728MW Al Mansuriya gas-fired power plant in the Diyala Governorate, northeast of Baghdad.

The plant will consist of four units and will be constructed under a turnkey contract, covering delivery of equipment and civil works.

The plant will provide enough electricity to the entire Diyala Governorate and a part of Baghdad, located 80km away from the plant. The first unit of the plant is scheduled to be operational in early 2013.

“Alstom is proud to be participating in the reconstruction of Iraq’s energy infrastructure,” said senior vice president of Alstom’s gas business said Mark Coxon. “I am positive that our superior gas turbine technology, offering outstanding availability and reliability, will support the country in building up secure electricity supplies for the future.”

In July 2010, Alstom chairman and CEO Patrick Kron signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Electricity for the development and modernisation of Iraq’s electricity infrastructure. Under this MoU, Alstom is currently rehabilitating a unit of the Najaf gas-fired power station, 160 km south of Baghdad. The unit was out of operation for five years.

IraqiPlan_et

December 21st, 2011, 03:09 AM

China’s CMEC Wins $1.2bn Power Project
20 dec. 2011

China Machinery Engineering Corp (CMEC) signed a $1.19 billion contract to build a 1,260-megawatt power station in Iraq, according to Gulf News.

The Beijing-based company will install the natural-gas-fired plant in the Salahuddin governorate north of the Iraqi capital within 45 months, Mussab Serri, an Electricity Ministry spokesman, said in an interview during the signing ceremony in Baghdad.

alshawi1234

December 30th, 2011, 03:38 AM

* Contract for two 320 MW units

* Units to be installed in 14 months

BAGHDAD, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Iraq signed a $72 million electricity deal with Iranian power development firm Sunir to expand a plant in northern Iraq by 320 megawatts to help feed the power-starved nation, an electricity ministry official said on Monday.

The Iranian company will install two gas units, each with a production capacity of 160 megawatts, at Dibis power plant in northern Kirkuk province, Musab al-Mudarres, a spokesman at the electricity ministry, said.

He said the units, which were purchased from Siemens in 2008, would be installed in just over 14 months.

Dibis currently produces 150 MW.

Iraq is trying to ramp up electricity production as it rebuilds after years of war and international sanctions.

The electricity ministry signed a series of power deals this year to boost the national grid. It plans to add 22,000 megawatts of production capacity across Iraq over the next three years, Deputy Electricity Minister Salam Qazaz said in November.

The deal with Sunir is the second contract awarded to the company. It has already built a $150 million gas power plant in Baghdad, consisting of two units with a total capacity of 320 MW. The first unit became operational this year.

Power disruptions are a chief complaint among Iraqis, with demand far exceeding supply estimated at around 7,000 MW. (Reporting by Aseel Kami; editing by Serena Chaudhry)

IraqiPlan_et

January 17th, 2012, 03:58 AM

Iraq signs a contract with Turkish company to build a power station in Basra
January 16

The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity Monday a contract with the Turkish Enka to build a power station in Basra, at a cost of $ 235 million.

The Ministry of Electricity signed a series of transactions over the past year to strengthen the national network. And plans to add 22 thousand MW in parts of Iraq over the next three years.

The Iraqi Minister of Electricity Karim Aftan on the sidelines of the signing of the contract in Baghdad said the agreement provides for the installation of power plant capacity of 500 MW in Basra.

The minister added that INKA Technik will install four gas turbine capacity of 125 MW each in the neighborhood of Najibiyah in Basra, the southern oil port of export.

Funded by the Government of the province of Basra, which the project is committed to environmental standards and allocates production of Basra only.

He said that the turbines purchased by Iraq from General Electric will be installed within 16 months.

He Aftan "After completion of installation of this station will be linked to the national grid is then controlled by the national control."

After nearly nine years of US-led invasion, is still without electricity complaint as President of the Iraqis and the volume of supplies exceed demand by an estimated seven thousand megawatts.

Chounz

February 28th, 2012, 06:54 PM

Iraq approves $363 million power deal with Egypt's Orascom
Reuters, Tuesday 28 Feb 2012

Iraq's cabinet approved a $363 million contract on Tuesday with Egypt's Orascom Construction to build a 1,014 megawatt gas power plant in the north of the country, it said on Tuesday.

The contract involves building a plant in Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, to install six gas units, each with a capacity of 169 MW, which Iraq had bought from Siemens in 2008 but which never came online.

The project is expected to be completed within 21 months, Musab Al-Mudarres, a spokesman at the electricity ministry, told Reuters.

Nearly nine years since the US-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein, Iraq's national grid still supplies only a few hours of power each day. Intermittent electricity is one of the public's top complaints.

Iraq plans to boost the grid's capacity by about 1,500 megawatts in the next few months and to add 22,000 MW of production capacity across Iraq, except for the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, by the end of 2015, the electricity minister said.

Iraq's power availability has ranged between 7,000 to 8,000 megawatts but is due to increase to 9,000-9,500 MW this summer as some power projects come online and others are upgraded.

Iraqi demand for electricity peaked at 15,000 megawatts last year, but the oil-producing nation managed to supply less than half of that.

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/3/12/35624/Business/Economy/Iraq-approves--million-power-deal-with-Egypts-Oras.aspx

Sinjar

April 3rd, 2012, 12:11 AM

Iraq hopes to plug power gap before '14: official

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 0:07 am TWN, AFP

BAGHDAD--Iraq hopes to plug its electricity shortage by the end of next year and will supply private generator operators with fuel this summer to address the shortfall, its top energy official said on Sunday. Contracts signed to ramp up electricity supply will increase Iraq's domestic production to around 20,000 megawatts, against expected demand at the end of 2013 of about 15,000 megawatts, Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs Hussein al-Shahristani said.

“By the summer, we should be able to supply the network by 9,000 megawatts,” he told AFP in an interview in his office in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone. “The demand is about 14,000 megawatts, so there is a shortage of 5,000 megawatts.”
“We hope before the end of 2013, our total production would reach almost 20,000 megawatts ... so we should be able to meet all the demand in the country,” he said.

Shahristani said at that point, Iraq would stop importing electricity.

“On the contrary, we'll be looking for export markets by then,” he said.

The deputy premier noted, however, that Iraq would once again have to supply private generator operators with fuel to force them to sell power at cut-price rates during Iraq's boiling summer, after a US$400 million program to do so last year was “really quite successful.”

“The shortfall would be met by local private generators who are going to be supplied by fuel and expected to produce the difference between the demand and supply, and make it available to the people at a fixed price as we did last year,” Shahristani said.

He said the plan would cost less than last year, but did not give a specific estimate.

Nine years after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, Iraq still suffers from a severe shortage of electricity.
Iraqis are left with the choice of having only a few hours of electricity per day in a country where temperatures top 50 degrees Celsius in the summer, or getting extra power from private generators.

elusive

April 4th, 2012, 04:49 PM

AHLLl6P1Evo&feature

sheytanElKebir

April 11th, 2012, 08:13 PM

Today 4x 125MW gas turbine units were delivered to Nassiriya (500MW). I passed them by as I was driving.

I also saw 2x large turbines being taken north from Nassiriya (batha interchange)... destination unknown.

Ali - Iraq

April 11th, 2012, 08:29 PM

Great so the government are actually doing something good

Ali - Iraq

April 15th, 2012, 10:29 PM

Iraq buys 250 MW/day from UAE to boost power supply
Iraq has signed a contract to buy 250 megawatts of electricity per day from United Arab Emirates’ Oilfield Services Co., the electricity ministry said on Sunday, to help reduce power shortages as it heads into the heat of the summer months.

In the nine years since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, successive Iraqi governments have failed to address chronic power disruptions in a country where temperatures can top 50 degrees Celsius in the summer.

Electricity shortages are a major complaint among Iraqis, many of whom face power cuts for up to 20 hours a day during periods of peak demand.

Frustrations mount in summer and often spark street protests.

The ministry said the two-year contract was based on a price of 7.5 cents per kilowatt hour and included two power plants, which will be docked on ships and connected to the national grid.

The ships are expected to reach the port in Iraq’s oil-rich southern city of Basra within a few weeks, and the plants will be connected to the grid by July 31, the ministry said.

There are already three Turkish ships docked at the port in Basra, which supply 270 MW per day to the national grid.

Iraqi demand for electricity peaked at 15,000 MW last year, but the oil-producing nation managed to provide less than half of that.

Its national grid has supplied only a few hours of power a day since its supplies collapsed following the invasion, when power plants were looted or went without maintenance.

Iraq plans to boost the national grid's capacity by about 1,500 MW in the next few months, Salam Qazaz, a deputy electricity minister said in February.

SumerianKing

April 15th, 2012, 10:42 PM

Give me your predictions, when will all of Iraq have 24/7 electricity?

Ali - Iraq

April 15th, 2012, 10:53 PM

I really don't have a clue about that my friend. But i believe in what sahristani said and he estimated that electricity will be completed in 2014. Nevertheless i think that it depends on the governments effort.

sheytanElKebir

April 15th, 2012, 10:55 PM

depends on the gas not the power stations.

power stations should be ready by 2014... gas, not too sure

Chounz

April 15th, 2012, 10:56 PM

Give me your predictions, when will all of Iraq have 24/7 electricity?

Hopefully by 2018-2020.

sheytanElKebir

April 15th, 2012, 10:57 PM

Hopefully by 2020.

you've been watching sharqiya again haven't you :lol:

SumerianKing

April 15th, 2012, 10:59 PM

They are currently buying gas from iran. Doesnt iraq have enough gas to not rely on imports? Or is their producing rate of gas not sufficient enough atm?

sheytanElKebir

April 15th, 2012, 11:14 PM

we're flaring it. :D and it took until this year to finally sign the agreement with Shell for the associated gas deal.

Ali - Iraq

April 15th, 2012, 11:16 PM

They are currently buying gas from iran. Doesnt iraq have enough gas to not rely on imports? Or is their producing rate of gas not sufficient enough atm?

I don't understand it either. According to Wikipedia we are placed number 11 by natural gas proven reserves so maybe they haven't developed pipelines for the gas ,yet or whatever you do with gas :p
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_natural_gas_proven_reserves

Chounz

April 15th, 2012, 11:50 PM

Lol sorry about the edit I thought to myself let me be a bit more optimistic so I added the '2018-'.

you've been watching sharqiya again haven't you :lol:

Haha no but note what Sumerian asked exactly; 'when will ALL OF IRAQ have 24/7 electricity?'

Do you really think the whole country will have 24/7 electricity anytime soon? What's the average amount of hours people get today? In the summer they sometimes get only 4 hours a day right? So by 2015 I reckon we should have a decent amount of electricity; 12 hours a day in the summer, by 2018 it should reach 24 hours a day across the whole country.

alshawi1234

April 16th, 2012, 02:26 AM

I'm a bit more optimistic, I'm guessing closer to 2014

Sinjar

April 16th, 2012, 02:55 AM

4hours? Where are you getting these numbers from?

fazl1991

April 16th, 2012, 06:03 AM

I think by 2013 we should start seeing a good difference and by 2014 things should get very close to the 24/7 operation mark.

Electricity is something that depends on multiple ministries. Sometimes even transport ministry is needed.

But am really looking foreword to good electricity soon in Iraq.

I think electricity is the second most important thing after security for more development.

sheytanElKebir

April 16th, 2012, 08:04 AM

Lol sorry about the edit I thought to myself let me be a bit more optimistic so I added the '2018-'.

Haha no but note what Sumerian asked exactly; 'when will ALL OF IRAQ have 24/7 electricity?'

Do you really think the whole country will have 24/7 electricity anytime soon? What's the average amount of hours people get today? In the summer they sometimes get only 4 hours a day right? So by 2015 I reckon we should have a decent amount of electricity; 12 hours a day in the summer, by 2018 it should reach 24 hours a day across the whole country.

Oh I see "all of Iraq" meaning every village and hamlet included? well let me see, all major towns and cities will have enough to cover their needs by 2014 definitely, Iraq is now installing the same amount of generating capacity in ONE YEAR that was installed in 20 years between 1970-1990! That is the sort of work that's happening.

But smaller outlying places will probably not have 24hr electricity for some years to come...

SumerianKing

April 16th, 2012, 08:24 AM

Sheytan, if thats the high progress they are making then we should be getting it no time soon. Yeh as usual the smaller villages will be prioritised last.

sheytanElKebir

April 16th, 2012, 08:32 AM

as I said before. the problem is not with installing the power stations, they are being installed at a phenomenal pace. the problem is hooking them up to gas pipes, extracting enough associated gas to feed them and building the cabling and substations to improve the grid for the higher capacities transmitted.

by next year Iraq will have generating capacity coming out of its ears :lol:

I do note that when Shahristani was brought in to rein in the electricity ministry... things started happening rapidly. It seems the "ace" in maliki's government is Shahristani (the only truly competent person who is given authority to make things happen).

fazl1991

April 16th, 2012, 08:38 AM

BigDreamer

April 16th, 2012, 08:40 AM

my vote for shahristani for PM in the next goverment..

Basrawii

April 16th, 2012, 09:02 AM

Ali - Iraq

April 16th, 2012, 09:07 AM

me too :D

sheytanElKebir

April 16th, 2012, 09:08 AM

ohhhhh I have to agree 100% with Basrawii!

Barham Salih + Shahristani would make a great leadership tag-team.

Basrawii

April 16th, 2012, 09:24 AM

Batman and robin.

SumerianKing

April 16th, 2012, 09:49 AM

Whos says they are not arab origin???.. Well most iraqis are not arab origin, but u know what I mean.

Basrawii

April 16th, 2012, 10:26 AM

hey 75-80% iraqis r arab

SumerianKing

April 16th, 2012, 10:56 AM

hey 75-80% iraqis r arab

Im talking about our original genetics, im talking about before arabization was commited on our land.

Basrawii

April 16th, 2012, 11:18 AM

Before Arabisation, our ancestors were in Arabian peninsula.

karar

April 16th, 2012, 12:26 PM

Me coming back to basrah when we have 24/7 electricity:D:

Basrawii

April 16th, 2012, 12:42 PM

Thats going to be 20 years time from now, anyway, u from Basra ha?

karar

April 16th, 2012, 01:01 PM

Yes basrawi i always have this dream of coming back one day
BTW I like your photos from basra on flickr really nice :D

SumerianKing

April 16th, 2012, 07:26 PM

Before Arabisation, our ancestors were in Arabian peninsula.

So who was in Iraq when the arabs invaded. And I guess the DNA tests that shows most iraqis have less then 1% arab gene is not real.Have you even read the iraqi heritage thread on here?

The expert

April 16th, 2012, 08:47 PM

עיראק המדינות המתקדמות ביותר במזרח התיכון, אני מאחל לה את הטוב ביותר של כל במעמקי לבי

The expert

April 16th, 2012, 08:57 PM

hey 75-80% iraqis r arab

للاسف يا صديقي هذا كان من احصائيات قديمة
الشعب عراقي كله يتكلم عربي بس لكن الاصول السكانية مختلفه هناك اكراد هناك عرب هناك ايرانيين
حتى هناك اليهود
العراق دولة حضارات عظيمة وتاريخ

Chounz

April 16th, 2012, 09:03 PM

עיראק המדינות המתקדמות ביותר במזרח התיכון, אני מאחל לה את הטוב ביותר של כל במעמקי לבי

תודה רבה, אני מקווה עיראק תהפוך למדינה הגדולה פעם נוספת

SumerianKing

April 16th, 2012, 09:08 PM

Exactly expert. Most iraqis are descendants of babylonians,assyrian,akkadians,sumerians,persians,turks,arameans, israelies, kurds etc Basrawii you need to learn your own history bro.

sheytanElKebir

April 16th, 2012, 09:10 PM

זה רלוונטי לייצור חשמל?

The expert

April 16th, 2012, 09:10 PM

תודה רבה, אני מקווה עיראק תהפוך למדינה הגדולה פעם נוספת

סלח לי, אחי

Chounz

April 16th, 2012, 09:11 PM

Oh I see "all of Iraq" meaning every village and hamlet included? well let me see, all major towns and cities will have enough to cover their needs by 2014 definitely, Iraq is now installing the same amount of generating capacity in ONE YEAR that was installed in 20 years between 1970-1990! That is the sort of work that's happening.

Wow, really? I don't know why but I imagined it would take much longer to get 24/7 electricity, I remember reading articles from the past 6 months or even the past year or so about electricity updates and it wasn't looking good, progress seemed to be really slow. 2014 is only 2 years away! If the country reaches 24/7 electricity at any point during that year then that's really amazing. Glad to hear..

Basrawii

April 17th, 2012, 03:44 AM

whats up with the hebrew stuff?

alshawi1234

April 17th, 2012, 07:19 AM

whats up with the hebrew stuff?

We don't understand farsi now they expect us to read Hebrew.

sheytanElKebir

April 19th, 2012, 09:56 PM

French engineering group Alstom signed a 50 million euros ($65.7 million) contract to rehabilitate a gas-fired power station in Iraq, it said in a statement on Wednesday.

Alstom will work on two units of the Khor Al Zubair station in the southern city of Basra, adding 60 MW to the power supply. The first unit will be reconnected in 2012 and the second before the summer of 2013, the company said.

Nine years after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein, Iraq's electricity grid still provides only intermittent power and little progress has been made increasing the output from its vast oil and gas fields.

Alstom is already taking part in Iraq projects such as the Nineveh power plant and the Baghdad metro.

Iraq plans to boost the national grid's capacity by about 1,500 MW in the next few months, Salam Qazaz, a deputy electricity minister said in February

Spin Cycle

April 20th, 2012, 06:23 AM

you know few years back, I had like some mine doubts about shihristani all becuase he might be from Persian origins or something, but now, I think the man is really good, that I don't care if hes not an Arab.

If I have to choose someone to be PM, I would choose one of two, Hussain Al Shihristani or Barham Saleh. (Of course Chalabi too, but don't trust him with our budget too much, he might lose it somewhere) All three or at least two are non-arabs. I also, have no problem with a woman being a PM in iraq, may be that would solve many of our problems, we already have a kurdish president (some say) so it won't be a desastar to have women PM. (Of course that is retarded Arab thinking I don't support).

Ahmed Chalabi is simultaneously brilliant and useless. He's probably the smartest person in Iraqi politics, but he would not get anything done except stoke his own ego.

Shahristani gets stuff done.

Ideally Shahristani and someone like Ali Allawi would have been a good combo.

It's a real shame we lost Allawi, he was good.

Chounz

April 20th, 2012, 07:18 AM

Ahmed Chalabi is simultaneously brilliant and useless. He's probably the smartest person in Iraqi politics, but he would not get anything done except stoke his own ego.

Shahristani gets stuff done.

Ideally Shahristani and someone like Ali Allawi would have been a good combo.

It's a real shame we lost Allawi, he was good.

What happened to Ali Allawi? And I never knew he was Chalabi's nephew haha.. how old is he.

SumerianKing

April 20th, 2012, 07:32 AM

We never lost him.. Allawi has the most seats in parliment, 91! More than maliki with 89.

Spin Cycle

April 20th, 2012, 07:35 AM

We never lost him.. Allawi has the most seats in parliment, 91! More than maliki with 89.

Not Iyad Allawi, Ali Allawi

Spin Cycle

April 20th, 2012, 07:35 AM

What happened to Ali Allawi? And I never knew he was Chalabi's nephew haha.. how old is he.

Went to academia and writing books.

SumerianKing

April 20th, 2012, 07:42 AM

Sorry about that, not very good with politics. do you favour iyad?

Spin Cycle

April 20th, 2012, 08:03 AM

Sorry about that, not very good with politics. do you favour iyad?

No, I think Iyad Allawi is trash.

BigDreamer

April 20th, 2012, 10:31 AM

guys, back to the topic please.. electricity... remember?

and what's up with the people posting in Hebrew.. only English, Arabic, and Kurdish in this forum please, preferably English as that's the main language of this site.

SumerianKing

April 20th, 2012, 11:39 AM

There are no rules that one should only communicate in a specific language is there?

BigDreamer

April 20th, 2012, 01:18 PM

well normally in SSC, people speak in the languages of the country that the forum represents, eg, spain / some Latin American countries would use spanish, francophone countries would use french etc..

personally i'am not fussed on what language people choose to use, as long as the don't over do it, imagine if every second post is in some random language with no translation being offered.. then it wont be much of a forum now would it ?!..

SumerianKing

April 20th, 2012, 03:03 PM

Lol yeh I see where you are comming from habibi, but there is always the handy google translate :p

sheytanElKebir

April 24th, 2012, 07:20 PM

Siemens said it has won a major order from Iraqi Ministry of Electricity to supply the control and instrumentation system, field equipment and steam turbine generator spare parts for the country's largest power plant at Al Mussaib.

Upon completion in 2013, the plant will have improved output, increased efficiency and will provide reliable power to help meet the rising electricity demand for the people of Iraq, the company said in a statement.

Siemens said the scope of supply includes new rotating elements for the four 320-megawatt (MW) steam turbines, generator rotors and the complete instrumentation and controls system.

The latest order follows the successful rehabilitation of the control system in unit 2 in 2009 and unit 1 in 2010, it added.

In addition to this, Siemens has also signed two separate contracts with Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity for gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) substations as part of the ministry’s plans to upgrade its 132-kV power transmission network.

Under the first contract, Siemens will supply and carry out civil and supervision works on six 132/33-kV GIS substations at various locations in the country.

The second contract covers the construction of another six 132/33-kV GIS substations on a turnkey basis in Iraq. The contracts for the substations are due to be completed by October 2013, the energy giant said.

Commenting on the deal, Dietmar Siersdorfer, Siemens Energy CEO, Middle East, said, “Iraq is facing acute and critical challenges in providing reliable power to all the country's residents and Siemens is fully committed to assisting the Ministry of Electricity in meeting those challenges.”

“We have a long history in Iraq and the wider Middle East, and understand that this is an issue of utmost importance to the Ministry and the people of Iraq. With our complete portfolio of proven products and service solutions, we are well-positioned to address this issue.”

In addition to the latest order for Al Mussaib power station, Siemens also performed the renovation of the control system in the Al Hartha power station near Basrah in 2010, which was destroyed by a fire.-TradeArabia News Service

Sinjar

April 26th, 2012, 10:38 PM

Iraq inks $363 mln power deal with Egypt's Orascom

(Reuters) - Iraq's electricity ministry signed a $363 million power deal with Egypt's Orascom Construction to build a 1,014 megawatt gas power plant in northern Iraq, it said on Thursday.

The contract involves building a plant in Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, to install six gas units, each with a capacity of 169 MW, which Iraq bought from Siemens in 2008.

The project is expected to be completed within 21 months, officials have said.

Nearly nine years since the U.S.-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein, Iraq's national grid still supplies only a few hours of power each day. Intermittent electricity is one of the public's top complaints.

Iraq plans to boost the grid's capacity by about 1,500 megawatts in the next few months and to add 22,000 MW of production capacity across Iraq, except for the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, by the end of 2015, the electricity minister has said.

Iraq's power availability has ranged between 7,000-8,000 megawatts but is due to increase to 9,000-9,500 MW this summer as some power projects come online and others are upgraded.

Iraqi demand for electricity peaked at 15,000 megawatts last year, but the oil-producing nation managed to supply less than half of that. (Reporting by Aseel Kami; editing by Serena Chaudhry and Keiron Henderson)

BigDreamer

May 1st, 2012, 09:09 AM

:ohno:

LO2lagUqxHM

fazl1991

May 1st, 2012, 10:23 AM

25% u srs dudeeeeeee?

Sinjar

May 13th, 2012, 09:10 AM

خبير اقتصادي: 27 مليار دولار صرفت على الكهرباء دون تحسن ويجب معاقبة المقصرين

بغداد:الفرات نيوزر

اتهم الخبير الاقتصادي اسماعيل العبودي، المسؤولين في وزارة الكهرباء بالفساد المالي والاداري، واصفا اياهم بالقول بانهم "فاشلون و"غير مؤهلين" لادارة هذا القطاع

وقال العبودي في تصريح لوكالة {الفرات نيوز} اليوم الأحد إن "الحكومة العراقية غير موفقة حتى هذه اللحظة بتحسين الخدمات وخاصة في مجال انتاج الطاقة الكهربائية ونقلها الى المواطنين"، مشيرا الى أن "السياسات الخاطئة وغير المدروسة التي انتهجتها الحكومة في ادارتها لهذا القطاع هي السبب وراء هذا الفشل"

واوضح أن "الاموال التي صرفت من الموازنة الاتحادية على قطاع الكهرباء من عام 2004 وحتى هذه اللحظة 27 مليار دولار، اضافة الى 5 مليارات دولار صرفت من الجانب الامريكي على القطاع نفسه ولكن لم نلمس تحسنا واضحا للكهرباء وهذا يدل على وجود هدر كبير للمال العام والقائمين على هذا القطاع غير مؤهلين لادارته"، مطالبا المسؤولين في البرلمان "بمحاسبة المقصرين في ادارة قطاع الكهرباء"

واضاف العبودي أن "الوزارة لم تتمكن من زيادة انتاج الطاقة الكهربائية الا بحدود {1200 ــ 1300} ميغاواط، وهذا الانتاج واقعيا لا يوازي قيمة المبالغ التي صرفت عليه". مشيرا الى أن "هذه الاموال لو اعطيت لشركات اجنبية لوفرت كهرباء اضعاف ما قامت به وزارة الكهرباء"

وتابع الخبير الاقتصادي أن "الموازنة الاتحادية لعام 2012 خصص منها 17 مليار دولار للكهرباء وعلى أمل أن تقوم وزارة الكهرباء بانتاج اكثر من {5000} ميغاواط في هذه السنة والسنة القادمة وبالتالي نرى الانتاج هذه السنة {6400} ميغاواط، اذا هذا يدل على وجود تلكؤ كبير وواضح في ادارة قطاع الكهرباء، ويعود هذا الى اسباب كثيرة ومنها سوء ادارة الاموال من قبل المسؤولين في الادراة وعدم وجود الشفافية في قطاع الكهرباء، لهذا فالمواطن العراقي بات اليوم لا يثق على الاطلاق بالحكومة وبرامجها، خاصة في قطاع الطاقة"

وأشار الى أن "معالجة هذا الملف تتم بتسليمه الى القطاع الخاص مثل ما قام بذلك اقليم كردستان واستطاعت الحكومة في الاقليم خلال السنوات الثلاث الماضية ان تنتج بحدود { 3,2 ــ 4} الف ميغاواط وبالنتيجة تغطي حاجة الاقليم من الكهرباء بل تعطي الى محافظة كركوك اكثر من 20 ساعة تجهيز يوميا"

Sinjar

May 13th, 2012, 09:23 AM

". مشيرا الى أن "هذه الاموال لو اعطيت لشركات اجنبية لوفرت كهرباء اضعاف ما قامت به وزارة الكهرباء

So true.. If they allowed and used that huge amount of money on experienced foreign companies to invest in electricity sector... The current condition would have been much better..

alshawi1234

May 20th, 2012, 01:28 AM

Iraq considers bids for $1 bln power plant

BAGHDAD, May 19 (Reuters) - Iraq announced on Saturday the names of foreign companies bidding to build a 1,500 megawatt (MW) power plant with a value of around $1 billion in western Iraq, part of a drive to improve creaking infrastructure hit by sanctions and war.

The bids were from South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction, Italy's Saipem, Greek power plant builder Metka, Turkey's Gama, and a consortium of Turkey's Calik Enerji and Italy's Techint, Salam Qazaz, deputy minister of electricity, told Reuters.

The plant will consist of six units: four gas units and two thermal units, Qazaz said. It is due to be completed in 33 months, the ministry said.

Iraq needs investment in most of its industries after years of war and economic decline during sanctions against former dictator Saddam Hussein. In a country where temperatures can top 50 degrees Celsius in summer, power generation is crucial.

The national grid supplies only a few hours of power a day to Iraqis, forcing many to rely heavily on private generators. Sporadic electricity supply, one of the public's top complaints, was at the heart of anti-government protests last year.

The ministry said this month it plans to double its electricity supply to 12,330 MW by 2013 as it brings new sources of power online.

Total power supply, currently at 6,000 MW, is expected to reach 9,000 MW in July and 9,600 MW in August, the electricity ministry said in a statement. By December, it aims for capacity up at around 10,400 MW and to 12,330 MW in April 2013.

Last year, the oil-producing nation managed to supply less than half of demand, which peaked at 15,000 MW.

Iraq has signed a series of projects, ranging from gas to thermal power plants, with mainly foreign firms, which are expected to help it reach these targets. (Reporting by Aseel Kami; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)

elusive

May 22nd, 2012, 12:01 PM

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fazl1991

May 24th, 2012, 07:58 AM

صور من محطة تحويل الكهرباء الفاو الجديدة

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/325533_177410795687919_100002570002843_308660_2034352246_o.jpg

fazl1991

May 24th, 2012, 08:05 AM

الكهرباء الفاو الجديدة

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/386029_177414585687540_100002570002843_308664_643949528_n.jpg

Euphrates

May 24th, 2012, 08:22 PM

:ohno:

LO2lagUqxHM

@ 1:47, that's my friend.

Sinjar

June 1st, 2012, 09:29 AM

Meeting Iraq’s Electricity Needs: Baghdad’s Newest Power Plant Enters Service with GE Technology

-Taji Plant Adds 160 Megawatts of Critical Capacity to the Iraqi

-Project Underscores GE’s Commitment to Iraq’s Continued Development

May 31, 2012 04:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time

BAGHDAD--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Featuring GE (NYSE:GE) technology, the Taji Power Plant has become the newest power project in the greater Baghdad area to begin producing electricity to help Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity (MOE) meet the country’s urgent energy needs. The Iraq MOE has commissioned the new facility, located 20 kilometers northeast of Baghdad, which recently entered commercial operation.

GE supplied four Frame 6B Gas Turbines for the Taji plant, which is generating enough electricity to support about 160,000 households. GE also is supplying similar equipment for two other new power plants in Hilla and Karbala. Those plants are expected to enter service in 2012.

Concurrently, GE is supplying the Iraqi MOE an additional 56 gas turbines for projects across Iraq that are expected to enter service from 2012. These will add more than 7,000 megawatts of electricity to support the expansion of the country’s energy infrastructure and help fuel future economic growth.

“The successful startup of Taji signals the first steps in fulfilling our continuous commitment to bring much needed, reliable electricity to the people of Iraq,” said His Excellency Karim Aftan Aljumaily, Minister of Electricity, Iraq. “This project also marks an important milestone in our ongoing relationship with GE. Teaming with GE, one of the world’s leading suppliers of power generation technology and services, is a cornerstone of our strategy to enhance and expand our energy infrastructure.”

“The Taji power plant project reflects the Iraqi government’s commitment to provide reliable electricity to its people,” said Joseph Anis, president and CEO, GE Energy in the Middle East. ”Working closely with the Ministry of Electricity, we have been successful in executing on our promise to deliver GE’s advanced technology to ensure that additional power is made available to the Greater Baghdad area. This is a significant moment for GE in Iraq and reinforces our growing commitment to the country, where we have been active for nearly 40 years.”

More than 1,100 GE Frame 6B Gas Turbines are operating worldwide, and more than 170 units have been sold since 2006—approximately two-thirds of them for oil and gas and industrial applications.

GE has a long history of supporting the infrastructure needs of Iraq in power generation, oil and gas, water processing, aviation and healthcare. More than 130 GE power turbines have been installed in the country to date. In addition to supplying equipment and services for a wide range of new power plant projects, GE continues to invest in Iraq and increase its in-country presence. As part of its plans for expansion in Iraq, GE has opened three offices in the cities of Baghdad, Basra and Erbil.

Basrawii

June 1st, 2012, 09:37 AM

27BN... in china they hang them for a couple of million .... I think we should cut them to pieces and feed them to dogs... corrupt bast*ds

Sinjar

June 1st, 2012, 09:43 AM

Ye it's too unbelievable.

sheytanElKebir

June 3rd, 2012, 11:55 PM

interesting news... (though I am 100% sure that the "generator capacity" is inflated by a factor of one or two...).

Jawad al-Bazouni, an MP for the National Alliance, has told Aswat al-Iraq that four power generators were found forgotten in storage at the Khor al Zubair port.
After receiving information about them, Bazouni found them during a tour of the port.
Following inspection, it was found that three of the generators entered Iraq in 2005 but were neglected, leading to damage.
He added that one of the generators, with a capacity of 1500 megawatts, was supposed to be installed in the Shatt al-Arab area; the second, a 1250 megawatts unit, was destined for Rumaila; while a third unit of 500 megawatts should have been sent to Najibiya.
The fourth power thermal station was imported in 1988 to be sent to Mosul, which “remained there without convincing reason”.
Bazouni commented that “if they were in operation since that time, the electricity crisis in the province could have been solved”.

Chounz

June 4th, 2012, 03:12 AM

Okay... so are they going to use them now? Can't they just be repaired....

Ali - Iraq

June 10th, 2012, 05:43 PM

Iran Ups Power Supply to Iraq via New Transfer Line
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran increased exports of electricity to the neighboring state of Iraq after constructing a new power transfer line connecting Iran to the Central Iraqi province of Wasit.

According to a report by Iraqi Aswat al-Iraq website, the new transfer line will supply 100MW of Iranian-generated electricity to Iraq.

Iraq's Wasit province is in need of 550MW of electricity on a daily basis but it now receives 150MW - that is almost one-fourth - of its needed electricity from the country's national grid.

Iran's electricity exports to the neighboring countries witnessed an eye-catching increase during the first two months of the current Iranian year (started on March 20).

The Iranian Energy Ministry announced in May that the country has exported a total of 1,347 gigawatts per hour (GW/h) of electricity to the neighboring countries since the beginning of the current year up by 38.57 percent compared with the previous year.

The report noted that the implementation of the Subsidy Reform Plan by Iran has contributed to the reduction of domestic power consumption, paving the way for more electricity exports to the neighboring countries.

The Islamic Republic is currently exporting electricity to Armenia, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Nakhichevan, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Earlier this month, Iran's Deputy Energy Minister for Electricity and Energy Affairs Mohammad Behzad said Iran has signed several contracts with its neighboring countries in this regard, which will help boost its electricity exports.

Iran exported some 8.6 billion kilowatt hours of electricity during the last Iranian year, which indicates a 29-percent increase in comparison with the corresponding period of the preceding year, he added.

Iran and Iraq have enjoyed growing ties ever since the overthrow of the former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, during the 2003 US invasion of the Muslim country.

Both sides are working on a series of plans to take wide strides in the expansion of their ties, in economic fields in particular.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9103081643

sheytanElKebir

June 13th, 2012, 12:43 PM

200MW powership in khor al zubair
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7027/6748375521_988ac11942_b.jpg

ardamir

June 15th, 2012, 04:08 PM

200MW powership in khor al zubair
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7027/6748375521_988ac11942_b.jpg

I am assuming that this ship is contracted from Turkey? Very interesting idea. Would very useful for places like Mogadishu or Monrovia which lack large scale energy infrastructure. Do you know what is powering it (gas, diesel, coal)?

fazl1991

June 15th, 2012, 04:29 PM

I am assuming that this ship is contracted from Turkey? Very interesting idea. Would very useful for places like Mogadishu or Monrovia which lack large scale energy infrastructure. Do you know what is powering it (gas, diesel, coal)?

90% sure its diesel but I could be wrong!!!

Spin Cycle

June 15th, 2012, 06:43 PM

200MW powership in khor al zubair
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7027/6748375521_988ac11942_b.jpg

wow, never knew these things existed!

Spin Cycle

June 15th, 2012, 06:46 PM

27BN... in china they hang them for a couple of million .... I think we should cut them to pieces and feed them to dogs... corrupt bast*ds

Israel did a fine job tracking down and killing the Black September Palestinian jarab.

just saying....

haiderpass

June 18th, 2012, 01:21 PM

Karbala Kamaliya power station inaugurated
6/17/2012 9:20 PM

KARBALA/ Aswat al-Iraq: Kamaliya power station was opened today, according to local government sources.

The 300-megawatt station was implemented by a South Korean company with a cost of 450 million dollars.

Part of the electrical production shall be allocated to the province.

Tariq al-Khikani told Aswat al-Iraq that the power station lies 6 km North West Karbala.

The province suffers the lack of electrical supply, where the people get one hour electrical supply with four-hour cut-off.

Karbala, center of the province, lies 108 km south west of the capital, Baghdad.

sheytanElKebir

June 18th, 2012, 06:04 PM

WASSIT/ Aswat al-Iraq: A new Iranian electrical supply line entered into service today with a capacity of 100 megawatts, head of Provincial Council announced today.

Mahmoud Abdul Redha told Aswat al-Iraq that the line is within the agreement reached to import electrical power from Iran.

He pointed out that the imported electricity reached 300 megawatts, which shall be distributed throughout all parts of the province.

The actual need of the province reached to 550 megawatts, while its share from the national network does not exceed 150 megawatts.

Kut, center of the province, lies 180 km south east of the capital, Baghdad.

makaay31

June 19th, 2012, 07:03 PM

6AUWEVeoymU

dude01

July 12th, 2012, 07:02 PM

Temperatures are soaring to 45 degrees Celcius (113 degrees F) in Baghdad, and 50 degrees (122 degrees F) in Basra; nothing unusual about that at this time of year.

What is unusual is the increased availability of electricity to cope with the demands of air-conditioners to deal with the problem.

The Ministry of Electricity says output exceeded 8,000 MW in June, and will hit 9,000 MW by the end of this month.

It’s still a long way from the 14,000 MW that some estimates say are currently needed in Iraq, but it’s a big step forward from the 6,000 MW that was available just last summer, and that is to be applauded.

Plans are moving ahead in meeting that requirement, with Deputy Prime Minister Hussein al-Shahristani predicting output of 20,000 MW by the end of next year, which would put Iraq in a position to export electricity.

Just this week we reported on another power plant project which will help to achieve that goal, and it will be welcomed with open arms by all.

Watch this space for more news of infrastructural development in Iraq.

http://www.iraq-businessnews.com/2012/07/12/temperatures-soar-and-power-stations-hum/

Ali - Iraq

July 16th, 2012, 06:06 PM

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Chounz

July 16th, 2012, 09:03 PM

So basically by next summer we should definitely have 24hrs electricity? Is this for real? I find it so hard to believe... after all these years.

sheytanElKebir

July 16th, 2012, 09:05 PM

bo*locks. maybe in summer 2015 if EVERYTHING goes well.

Chounz

July 16th, 2012, 09:08 PM

bo*locks. maybe in summer 2015 if EVERYTHING goes well.

Good to know!

fazl1991

July 17th, 2012, 04:04 AM

bo*locks. maybe in summer 2015 if EVERYTHING goes well.

No what they are saying is next year summer 2013 if everything goes well.

Spin Cycle

July 17th, 2012, 05:31 AM

No what they are saying is next year summer 2013 if everything goes well.

and you believe them?

Ali - Iraq

July 21st, 2012, 07:58 PM

الشهرستاني : اعادة وحدتين من محطة الكحلاء الكهربائية الى الشركة المصنعة بعد توقفها
كشف نائب رئيس الوزراء لشؤون الطاقة حسين الشهرستاني عن اعادة وحدتين من محطة الكحلاء الكهربائية الى الشركة المصنعة بعد توقفها.
وقال بيان صادر عن مكتب نائب رئيس الوزراء ان الشهرستاني اطلع على سير العمل والمشاكل التي تواجه انجازه في محطة الكحلاء الكهربائية بطاقة 182 ميكا واط في محافظة ميسان . واكد نائب رئيس الوزراء ان الاعمال في المحطة متلكئة لاسباب فنية, مبينا ان وحدتين توقفت بعد تشغيلها ما استدعى اعادتها للشركة المصنعة مما سبب بعض المشاكل معها ، الى ذلك ذكر الشهرستاني أن الحكومة العراقية بصدد إنشاء محطة كهرباء كبرى بطاقة 500 ميكا واط في محافظة ميسان قريبا.

Ali - Iraq

July 22nd, 2012, 04:43 PM

Iraq : EUR 34 MILLION SUBSTATION CONTRACT secured by ALSTOM GRID [TendersInfo (India)]
lstom Grid announced that it has secured a EUR 34 million contract in order to engineer and supply four 132/33/11 kV Air insulated Switchgear substations and one 132/33/11 kV Gas insulated Switchgear substation in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region.
KAR Construction & Engineering Company awarded the package award to Alstom. It also includes the extensions and modifications of three existing area substations within the Dohuk Governorate.
Kar Construction & Engineering Company is a part of the Kar Group, a local and privately owned Iraqi company. It has diverse interests in turnkey projects, private power plants, oil refineries, oil pipelines and vehicle insurance.
A statement from Alstom Grid noted that several tenders under Stage 6 for substations were floated by Kurdistan Ministry of Electricity in Erbil, Sulaymania and Dohuk Governorates. The substations were included as part of the region's ongoing efforts in order to keep pace with rapid economic development by increasing both the availability and the reliability of the electrical network.
"This project represents an important milestone for us as we enter Kurdistan's market with a complete range of products covering both air insulated and gas insulated switchgear solutions, critical to the infrastructure of the region's electricity network. This project underlines our continuing efforts in Iraq, including Mosul 400/132/33kV GIS substation and Khairat & Nainawa GTTP 400/132kV exit substations won in 2011," added Mr Gregoire Poux Guillaume president of Alstom Grid.
Engineering, equipment supply (including substation automation systems) and commissioning supervision are included in Alstom Grid's scope of work for 132/33/11 kV Air insulated Switchgear (AIS) substations at North Dohuk (9 bays), Zakho 2 (9 bays), Bardarash (10 bays) and Kalakchi (10 bays), 132/33/11 kV Gas insulated Switchgear (GIS) substation at West Dohuk (10 bays), as well as extensions and modifications at Sarsang, Akre Centre and Zakho 1 substations.
The kurds do rly mean this..
http://www.equities.com/news/headline-story?dt=2012-07-21&val=294505&cat=energy

Ali - Iraq

August 2nd, 2012, 10:49 PM

الشهرستاني يطالب شركة يونانية بالاسراع في إنجاز محطة شط العرب في البصرة
دعا نائب رئيس الوزراء لشؤون الطاقة حسين الشهرستاني مع رئيس شركة ميتكا اليونانية الى ضرورة الاسراع في الاجراءات الفورية في انشاء محطة شط العرب في البصرة .
وذكر مكتب الشهرستاني ان الاخير استقبل في مكتبه رئيس شركة ميتكا اليونانية بحضور السفير اليوناني في العراق ، وشدد الشهرستاني خلال اللقاء على ضرورة اتخاذ الشركة الاجراءات الفورية المناسبة لتلافي اي تأخير في انجاز مشروع محطة كهرباء شط البصرة بطاقة 1250 ميكا واط في الموعد المحدد . من جانبه وعد رئيس الشركة باتخاذ الاجراءات الفورية اللازمة للاسراع
http://www.alfayhaa.tv/news/economy/86193.html

Ali - Iraq

August 5th, 2012, 05:31 PM

محافظة البصرة : إضافة نحو 416 ميكاواط من الطاقة الكهربائية إلى المنظومة الوطنية
أعلن رئيس مجلس محافظة البصرة عن إضافة نحو 416 ميكاواط من الطاقة الكهربائية إلى المنظومة الوطنية خلال موسم الصيف المقبل، مبيناً أن مشروع محطة الرميلة الغازية
وقال صباح البزوني إن نحو ثلث إنتاج طاقة محطة الرميلة الغازية سيدخل الخدمة في موسم الصيف المقبل، مشيراً إلى أن مشروع المحطة "سيكمل في مدته المقررة خلال 23 شهراً لتوليد 1250 ميكاواط من الكهرباء . وأبدى البزوني وقوف المحافظة لدعم هذا المشروع الذي يحتوي على عشر وحدات توليدية تبلغ طاقة كل منها 125 ميكاواط لإنتاج طاقة إجمالية قدرها 1250 ميكاواط ، مشدداً على ضرورة إكمال العمل في المشروع خلال مدة الـ 24 شهراً المقررة . يذكر أن الشركة الكورية باشرت بالمشروع في
http://www.alfayhaa.tv/news/economy/86257.html

Sinjar

August 5th, 2012, 06:50 PM

http://www.intellectualtakeout.org/sites/www.intellectualtakeout.org/files/Screen%20Shot%202012-01-28%20at%202.15.05%20PM.jpg

sheytanElKebir

August 5th, 2012, 06:53 PM

Sinjar

August 5th, 2012, 06:54 PM

http://www.intellectualtakeout.org/sites/www.intellectualtakeout.org/files/Screen%20Shot%202012-01-28%20at%201.46.34%20PM.jpg

Sinjar

August 5th, 2012, 07:00 PM

nice chart sinjar. It shows clearly how much the private sector in Kurdistan managed to radically improve the power supply there.

now the iraqi parliament has agreed to privatise the power generation sector in IRaq... which seems mad since they just spent tens of billions rebuilding it at state expense, and will presumably sell it on for peanuts!

I was actually just about to ask you about how come Iraq is not having a high number of private power plants.

Yea they should have done it from start. Hopefully, it will solve a big part of the problem.

Chounz

August 5th, 2012, 11:47 PM

http://www.intellectualtakeout.org/sites/www.intellectualtakeout.org/files/Screen%20Shot%202012-01-28%20at%201.46.34%20PM.jpg

LOL so electricity was worse in 2011 than it was in 2009. How nice..

sheytanElKebir

August 6th, 2012, 12:14 AM

all we can hope for is that 2014-2015 the curve will be opposite... but depends if the gas pipelines and infrastructure is completed in time... there's lots of completed brand new powerstations sitting idle in iraq since last year!

planning at its best.

Sinjar

August 6th, 2012, 12:35 AM

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/1598/elec22.png

BigDreamer

August 6th, 2012, 01:30 AM

^^ thanks for that sinjar, very informative

Sinjar

August 6th, 2012, 01:59 AM

http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/7664/eleccimmp.png

Sinjar

August 6th, 2012, 01:59 AM

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/8317/elec33.png

haiderpass

August 16th, 2012, 01:00 AM

Iraq Exempts Citizens from Electricity & Water Charges
Posted on 15 August 2012. Tags: Electricity, Water

By John Lee.
The Iraqi government said on Tuesday that it will exempt Iraqi citizens from paying electricity and water bills until all power plant installations are completed and services are provided 24 hours a day.
Salam al-Quraishi, Iraqi government’s economic advisor, told Al-Shorfa news agency:
“The decision was made after a review of the Iraqi economy and annual per capita income … Collection of electricity and water bills has been suspended until all services are provided in full and around the clock.
“The government also decided to permanently exempt families with monthly income of less than 500,000 Iraqi dinars ($429).“
He added that the decision will not affect the current electricity supply rate in the country, which ranges between eight and 12 hours a day.

Spin Cycle

August 16th, 2012, 01:08 AM

This will just put more strain on the system. I agree with exemptions for low-income families though.

fazl1991

August 16th, 2012, 01:37 AM

trust me if they make ppl pay for their power that they use the current electricity provided will nearly do the job

Ali - Iraq

August 20th, 2012, 10:17 PM

فضاء الحرية .. محمد الطائي .. ازمة الكهرباء في البصرة.
OmV3LtslSEI

Ali - Iraq

August 24th, 2012, 10:30 AM

البصرة تنجز مشروعا لتوسعة شبكة الطاقة الكهربائية نهاية العام الحالي
أكدت محافظة ُ البصرة أن مشروع َ توسعة ِ شبكة ِ الخطوط ِ الناقلة ِ للطاقة ِ الكهربائية في عموم ِ المحافظة سَيُنْجَزُ نهاية العام الحالي، مبينة أن التيارَ الكهربائيَّ سَيَصِلُ الى المناطق ِ كافة دون انقطاع.
وقال نائبُ المحافظ ِ للشؤون ِ الفنية ِ احمد الحسيني في تصريح ٍ صحفي إن المحافظة َ وَسَّعَتْ شبكة َ الخطوط الناقلة للكهرباء في عموم ِ الأقضية ِ والنواحي من خلال التعاقد ِ مع شركات اجنبية , مضيفا ان نهاية َ العام الحالي سَيَكْتَمِلُ انجاز ُهذا المشروع مما يؤدي الى ايصال ِ الطاقة ِ الكهربائية ِ للمواطن دون انقطاع , واكد الحسيني على أن الخطوطَ الناقلة َ للطاقة ِ الكهربائية كانت تعاني من اختناقات ٍ جَرّاءَ عَجْز ِ الشبكة ِ المحلية ِ لتَحْمِلَ جُهد َ الطاقة التوليدية للسنوات الماضية.
التعليقات (0 تعليقات سابقة):
http://www.alfayhaa.tv/news/economy/87049.html

Ali - Iraq

August 27th, 2012, 10:36 AM

Global leaders to discuss Iraq energy sector
Representatives from international oil companies (IOCs) and government officials will collaborate on how to build a successful and lucrative energy sector in Iraq at an upcoming conference in Istanbul.

Organised by The Energy Exchange, the third annual Iraq Future Energy will be held from September 17 to 20.

Day one of the conference will commence with a focus on the growing need for electricity in Iraq. At present, an estimated 8,000 Mega Watts (MW) of electricity is being produced, when in fact an estimated 14,000 MW is needed.

In 2011, Iraq announced its electricity master plan of spending $27 billion from 2012 to 2017. The latest update on the implementation progress of the short term plan to rehabilitate and expand the national grid by 2015 will be unveiled at this Electricity Summit.

Additionally, infrastructure challenges with regards to power generation as well as imports and exports with neighbouring countries will be discussed, along with feasible alternatives and solutions.

The main oil and gas conference begins on day two of Iraq Future Energy 2012 and will open detailing further E&P plans and upcoming bid round and its impact on the Iraqi oil, gas and power sub-sectors.

Furthermore the outcome of the fourth bid round for 12 exploration blocks in April 2012 along with the implications for pre-qualified IOCs and future projects will be discussed.

Jinanda Sheth, event director, The Energy Exchange, said: “Iraq has set a goal of reaching a target production capacity of almost 12 million barrels per day by 2017; however the lack of adequate infrastructure significantly inhibits growth.”

“Iraq Future Energy 2012 was designed to provide stakeholders with a comprehensive analysis of the building blocks required to establish a strong presence in the nation, whilst positioning themselves to capitalise on all current and future investment opportunities.”

Opec recently announced that Iraq’s crude output rose to above 3 million barrels a day in July 2012. Gati Al-Jebouri, head of Lukoil in the Middle East, suggested last year that Iraq can reach a target of about 5 million barrels a day but cautioned that output depends on pipeline infrastructure.

Currently, 80 – 90 per cent of exported oil and gas goes through only two pipelines. The Oil and Gas summit at Iraq Future Energy will explore alternative export routes including international pipelines, Nabucco pipeline and Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline.

Speakers and government officials at the conference will highlight all the strategies, materials and technology necessary to further develop production facilities, oil and gas networks for pipelines, railways, tankers and terminals ensuring rapid growth with attractive returns on investment.

The next day of the oil and gas conference will address the increasing developments in Iraq’s refining sector that include plans for rehabilitating existing facilities to enhance capacity whilst implementing the latest strategies, as well as developing new refineries to support the increasing oil production.

In addition, a group of world renowned international contractors will convene in a panel discussion to provide a comprehensive analysis on business related opportunities and concerns in establishing a sustainable energy industry.

The day will conclude with a roundtable discussion focusing on human resource competencies in developing and training existing workforce to attain the technical know-how to enhance the future of Iraq’s hydrocarbon industry. Also, these industry professional will emphasise the need to attract foreign investments and business by easing the visa, insurance and security processes.

The fourth and final day of Iraq Future Energy 2012 will consist of two masterclass sessions. Masterclass A will provide a detailed look at the new regulations on businesses in Iraq. Masterclass B on the other hand will focus on the latest financing structures and models for energy projects in Iraq. – TradeArabia News Service
http://www.tradearabia.com/news/OGN_222265.html

sheytanElKebir

September 4th, 2012, 02:02 AM

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) -The Ministry of Electricity announced that it plans to experiment a new system by erecting intelligent electricity meters in Baghdad which work by pre-payment cards.

A statement by the MoE quoted the Ministry’s Spokesperson Musab al-Mudaris as saying “The Minister of Electricity, Karim Aftan al-Jumaili, instructed to prepare a scheme in field of distributing electricity power through adopting intelligent switchboards and meters which operate by pre-payment cards.”

“The Minister called to choose some regions in Karkh and Rusafa sides of Baghdad that enjoy all the elements of the success of this experiment with preparation to launch special media educational campaign to prepare citizens in this respect,” he added.

“Those selected areas will be excluded of the regular shutting down of the electric current,” Mudaris assured.

“In case this experiment succeeded then it will be circulated over all regions,” according to Mudaris.

“The goal of this plan is to urge the citizens not to overuse the electricity power,”he concluded.

SumerianKing

September 4th, 2012, 03:13 PM

good and smart idea, iraqis are carless when it comes to wasting.

Ali - Iraq

September 6th, 2012, 11:58 PM

3 directors summoned for investigation in Basra, says MP
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) -The Oil and Energy Parliamentary Committee declared that the investigation Judge of Basra Integrity Department summoned three directors of governmental departments in Basra province on the background of administrative and financial corruption charges.

The member of the committee, Uday al-Awady, mentioned in a press statement on Thursday that ”The investigation judge of Basra Integrity Department decided to summone the director of the South Refineries Company and the director of Basra Electricity Department in additional to the director of the south gas company to appear in front of the judge as defendants for financial and administrative corruption charges.”

He added that ”The corruption files were presented to the investigation concerned bodies to investigate the corruption in these governmental departments,” noting that “The Integrity Commission will assume investigation on these institutions and their works.” \

Ali - Iraq

September 9th, 2012, 12:00 PM

New electric power station established in Wasit province
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) -The Ministry of Electricity confirmed establishing a new transitional power station of Japanese origin in Wasit province.

The Spokesperson of the Ministry, Musab al-Mudaris, announced that “The engineering and technical staff within the Electricity Department in Wasit related to the General Directorate of Power Distribution of the central region established the transitional Japanese station (2
http://www.iraqinews.com/business-iraqi-dinar/new-electric-power-station-established-in-wasit-province/

Ali - Iraq

September 9th, 2012, 12:01 PM

US Company to erect power station in Babel
Babel (IraqiNews.com) -The local government in Babel province agreed to conclude a contract with a US company to set up a plant to generate electricity power in the province.

Babel Governor, Mohamed al-Masoudi, said during a joint press conference with the Commissioned Director of the US company [APIC Gibson] held in Babylon tourism resort on Saturday, attended by the correspondent of Iraqi News (IraqiNews.com) that “We agreed with the US [APIC Gibson] company specialized in the production of electric power to install generating units, each ranging between 15-32 MW and the energy produced in these units would be allocated to the Electric Department of the province.”

He added that “Negotiations are still going on between Iraqi specialists in the province and director of the company to install these units either through investment or by paying the amount from the regional development budget,” noting that “The US company will install generating units within 90 days.”

For his part, the Commissioned Director of the US [APIC Gibson] Company said that “The company aspires to build plants for electric power, depending on the workforce of the Iraqi engineers and technicians, and the company is in the process of establishing civil works for the preliminary work of the project as well as providing a training center for technical and engineering Iraqi staff to enable them to manage stations inside Iraq.”
http://www.iraqinews.com/business-iraqi-dinar/us-company-to-erect-power-station-in-babel/

Sinjar

September 13th, 2012, 09:11 PM

Siemens wins USD128m contract in Iraq's Kurdistan region

(MENAFN) German electrical engineering firm Siemens has won a USD128 million supply contract from KAR Construction and Engineering Ltd. for its under-construction of Khormala gas turbine power plant in Iraq's Kurdistan, the company said in a press release.

Siemens said it will provide Khormala plant, 25 km south of Erbil, with four SGT5-2000E gas turbines and four SGen5-100A generators in addition to the associated auxiliary and ancillary systems.

The power plant, to be commissioned next year, is the first major power plant project for the KAR Group, who will also operate the facility.

The plant has enough capacity to meet almost one quarter of the region's power demand, delivering electricity to over four million people.

The Siemens Energy Sector is the world's leading supplier of a complete spectrum of products, services and solutions for power generation in thermal power plants and using renewables, power transmission in grids and for the extraction, processing and transport of oil and gas.

Ali - Iraq

September 15th, 2012, 09:20 PM

MoE considers removing old power generating units from service
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) -The Minister of Electricity, Karim Aftan al-Jumaili, announced that “The Ministry will adopt decisive decisions concerning dispensing a number of old and idle electricity power generating units in service.”

Jumaili called, during a workshop organized by the Planning and Studies Department within the MoE and was attended by some foreign experts, to “Adopt integrated maintenance system for the power generating units to avoid any sudden shut down cases in some units.”

The participants in the workshop stressed “The necessity to use the data technology in following up the projects to maintain a quick response for any stoppage,” emphasizing upon “Granting wider authorities to the Directors of those projects in order to abandon the routine procedures in the maintenance works and to providing the spare parts.”

The workshop included discussions over the modern integrated maintenance and operating methods which should be adopted by the Ministry of Electricity to provide better services for the citizens.

Ali - Iraq

September 30th, 2012, 01:55 PM

Iraq Plans to Spend $500 Billion on Energy Projects by 2030
Iraq plans to spend $500 billion on energy projects by 2030, said Hussain al-Shahristani, the country’s deputy prime minister for energy affairs.
The Arab nation’s capacity to generate electricity will reach 22 gigawatts by 2016 and will satisfy domestic demand, he said at a conference in Baghdad today.
To contact the reporter on this story: Khalid Al-Ansary in Baghdad at kalansary@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Stephen Voss at sev@bloomberg.net

josef hadi

October 8th, 2012, 12:17 PM

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fazl1991

October 8th, 2012, 12:36 PM

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BigDreamer

October 8th, 2012, 06:30 PM

^^ actually you only need this part TTdIy6OOZ8o

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fazl1991

October 9th, 2012, 12:38 AM

^^ actually you only need this part TTdIy6OOZ8o

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yh I know that but I said just to make it easier to understand

Sinjar

October 9th, 2012, 01:04 AM

Will the lights go out in Iraq?

October 8th, 2012

When taking a stroll around the neighborhoods of Baghdad, one can sense popular discontent at the deteriorating state of electrical power in Iraq. During the past few summers, the authorities watched demonstrations during which protesters would carry out symbolic funerals for electricity.

The electricity minister issued promises and assurances that he would address the chronic problem.

The central electricity ministry not only failed to address the crisis, its daily power supply rates have decreased since last summer.The central electricity ministry not only failed to address the crisis, its daily power supply rates have decreased since last summer. The streets of Baghdad are increasingly decorated by the overlapping and entangled generator wires in its neighborhoods.

The government tried to patch up the problem by giving free fuel to generator owners in an attempt to mitigate this popular discontent. This subsidy only opened the way for people to set up gigantic generators in their front yards and distribute power to neighboring houses through improvised electric grids.

The energy crisis in Iraq predates the US occupation. Previously, the country was producing about 4,300 megawatts. All the provinces – except Baghdad – suffered from scarce energy supplies. The former regime was supplementing the capital’s electricity by taking supplies from other provinces. But the rate of production declined to 300 megawatts as a result of the damage inflicted by the Second Gulf War on Iraq’s infrastructure, power and oil installations.

After the war, the department of planning and studies in the federal Ministry of Electricity began to modernize old plans that were devised by foreign companies to increase power production. The production capacity was supposed to increase by 13,000 megawatts and to supply the whole country. The ministry began to hastily sign contracts with executing parties based on these plans.

According to documents that the oil and energy committee in the Iraqi parliament gave to Al-Akhbar, even the mechanism of concluding these contracts violated government contract regulations.

There were two kinds of projects that began to be implemented in 2007. The first consisted of installing generators and building new steam and gas plants. The most prominent company that provided equipment was Hyundai. It was supposed to build 12 plants in nine locations all over the country. There was also SIEMENS and a number of other companies. The second method consisted of restoring all the old steam and gas plants found all over Iraq.

The federal government in Baghdad gave assurances that the production capacity will reach 19,476 megawatts at the end of this year even though national consumption is no more than 16,100 megawatts.

The electricity ministry was even more optimistic at the time, claiming that production capacity will reach 23,640 megawatts by 2015.

There was widespread disappointment when actual production this year did not exceed 7,000 megawatts, bearing in mind that a 1,000 megawatts are imported from Iran and Kurdistan produces close to 1,500 megawatts. This means that the actual production of the federal electricity ministry did not exceed 4,500 megawatts.

Parliamentary oil and energy committee member, Farhad al-Atroushi, explained that there are many reasons why electric power production did not reach self-sufficiency rates.

The production capacity of the plants declined after the alleged maintenance operations by the ministry.A Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan MP, Atroushi explained that “the contracts signed by the federal electricity ministry to build and establish new plants were not implemented due to stalling and delays by the parties implementing these projects.”

According to Atroushi, what made these delays worse is the ministry and cabinet’s lenience in holding these parties accountable. Atroushi said that the electricity ministry requested money allocations to restore a number of old energy producing plants to raise the level of production. However, the production capacity of the plants declined after the alleged maintenance operations by the ministry.

This discouraging record in the energy sector in addition to fear of popular protests prompted the parliament in February of this year to discuss a report. The report entails the reasons for this failure and the solutions suggested to overcome them.

The report called for promptly “hosting” the electricity minister in parliament. Its conclusion read: “The electricity minister tried to jump over the crises and misled the Iraqi people with a lot of promises by swindling the Iraqi government.”

The report reached these conclusions by looking at “the conflicting statements that officials made in the electricity ministry and the prime minister’s office more than once.”

According to reports by international organizations, Iraq ranks among the worst countries on the corruption index. The reason is the rise in financial revenues from the increase in the country’s oil exports, at a time when governmental institutions and laws are unable to absorb these enormous revenues. Within this context, it is possible to understand the environment within which the Iraqi electricity ministry operates.

It has become a well-known fact locally that the electricity ministry is one of the worst ministries in terms of being a drain on public money that is wasted without achieving tangible results.

Iraq abounds with stories about “illusory contracts.” The most noticeable is the one told by the parliamentarian integrity committee member and the state of law coalition MP Ammar al-Shalabi.

He said that the electricity ministry signed a $10 million contract to import equipment for its power-generating plant. Official Iraqi parties who went to the Dubai port to receive the shipment were surprised that the equipment was nothing but plastic toys. This means, Iraq paid millions of dollars for a shipment of plastics.

According to reports by international organizations, Iraq ranks among the worst countries on the corruption index.The electricity ministry got money from three sources in the past few years. The US contributed to supporting this sector financially through the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) which was established after the US invasion of the country. The second source came from grants and donations by foreign countries and international institutions to push the energy sector in Iraq forward. The third and main source is the financial appropriations allocated for the electricity ministry by the central government since 2003.

The ministry has spent close to $40 billion, half of which is operational and the other half investments. This number, however, is not the final amount for the sum total of the money spent in Iraq on the energy sector.

According to the finance minister, Rafi al-Issawi, Iraqis’ expenditures on their own generators and subscribing to neighborhood generators have reached $80 billion. This means that electrical energy has cost the country – government and people – $120 billion. The total expenditure on electricity is ten times the overall Bahraini expenditure budget and way more than the budgets of Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates combined. These sums spent, according to market numbers, are enough to buy General Electric’s market stocks in 2 years.

The electricity ministry’s spokesperson, Mosaab al-Modares, tried to justify the delays in developing the energy sector in the country by arguing that “manufacturing electricity is a complicated matter. Advancing this sector needs contracts with specialized companies that have a long history of producing energy and building transportation networks and distributing it.”

He emphasized that his ministry needs the support of other ministries such as the oil ministry, the internal ministry and the water resources ministry. He asks: “What is the point of building a power generating plant by the electricity ministry if the fuel is not provided for it?”

He also talked about building houses in an in improvisational way. Many neighborhoods built after 2003 on lands characterized as “agricultural,” are not provided with government electricity. This led residents of these areas to circumvent the system, thus burdening it beyond its capacity.

The most interesting point that Modares made is that Iraq is still under UN Chapter VII which limits the country to one bank - the Trade Bank of Iraq - that has the power to grant bank guarantees to investing companies through the credit paying method. This places limits on Iraq’s ability to sign contracts with foreign investing companies. The bank at times tried to evade its commitments to provide these guarantees, according to the electricity ministry.

© Al-Akhbar. All rights reserved

Ali - Iraq

October 9th, 2012, 01:23 AM

We need a new minister of electricity

Ali - Iraq

October 21st, 2012, 08:13 PM

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BigDreamer

October 24th, 2012, 01:30 AM

^^ :cripes: i give up...

goodlash

October 24th, 2012, 07:49 AM

is the electricity sector privatized? They should really consider it otherwise iraq will not have working electricity in several decades

sheytanElKebir

October 24th, 2012, 02:29 PM

ministry of electricity is getting $24Bn budget in 2013.

With that much money it would pay for:
-salaries / pensions etc... $1Bn
-Fuel and parts for existing plants - $4Bn
-Refurbishment of local distribution networks $5Bn (would pay for an enormous amount of new cables for local districts).
-New power stations $10Bn (would pay for a large "baseload" nuclear power station of 4GW capacity as well as about 1GW of solar and wind turbines in the desert)

all this funded from one year's budget only.

let us see what they will ACTUALLY do with that money ;)

elusive

October 24th, 2012, 02:53 PM

kola boug...o chmala ako naas egoolon la2 mayboogoon...who r u kidding

alshawi1234

October 24th, 2012, 06:18 PM

Iraq aims to double power output

Iraq is racing to more than double its power production in the next two years using everything from the sun to Iranian gas.

By 2014 the nation hopes to grow its total power plant capacity of 9,000 megawattsto 20,000MW, said Karim Al Jumaili, the minister of electricity.

The first phase for 15,000MW-on demand of 14,000MW-was to be completed by next year, he said.

"Our challenge for increasing power in Iraq is the time only - and the fuel," Mr Al Jumaili said on the sidelines of an energy summit in Dubai.

Today a gap of about 5,000MW between supply and demand brings on frequent blackouts - particularly in the hot summer when air-conditioning use peaks - and threatens to hold back the nation's economic growth.

Upgrades to the nation'sfleet of power plants have effectively been at a standstill since the first Iraq war in 1991.

"It had started in 1991, but stopped because of wars and other things," said Mr Al Jumaili. "Now we are starting to restart."

He declined to put a figure on the overall cost of the new infrastructure, but the programme is vast.

It includes a renewable-energy plan that some electricity officials estimate will cost US$1.6 billion (Dh5.87bn) for 400MW of capacity.

Companies have been invited to bid for the first project, a 50MW solar plant expected to be built at a cost of $200 million. The timeline is to build it next year and follow it with a 150MW plant the following year.

The heart of the programme, though, is an expansion of the gas-fired generator fleet to coincide with the start-up of an Iranian gas pipeline projected to be completed next year.

"Maybe in the next four months or six months it will be complete - the pipeline between Iran and Iraq," said Mr Al Jumaili.

Gas supplies are also expected to come from a $17bn project led by Royal Dutch Shell to capture gas being flared at three of the nation's giant oilfields.

Converting older plants to combined cycle units - which capture waste heat to generate additional power - will account for a further 5,000MW of the increase, said the minister.

The central government in Baghdad has struggled to keep up with demand while the semi-autonomous northern Iraqi region of Kurdistan races ahead.

As of last year, Kurdistan was generating power 20 hours each day, compared to an average of four in the rest of Iraq.

The Kurdish region has made moves to sell electricity to neighbouring Iraqi provinces.

Foreign investors, including Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) and Sharjah's Dana Gas, have floated plans to enter southern Iraq's energy sector.

In 2008, Taqa had considered building plants to supply local communities, but it now hopes to build power stations for the oil majors who need electricity for their drilling and pumping operations.

"If you're working with the majors, they have their protocols of security, and they're operating there already, so it does make it a little easier than jumping into just a power project in the middle of a town," said Frank Perez, Taqa's head of power and water.

ayee@thenational.ae
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They have the budget of a small country. Lets see if how they actually do something. If there is not enough electricity production in 2-3 years then we should all stop dreaming that iraq will develop.

And just to give an idea about how much 24 billion is, the amount is like Jordan's and Lebanon's budget combined,